MISSION Act/Community Care offered at Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System's Seattle Division
MISSION Act/Community Care offered at Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System's Seattle Division
Allows veterans to get health care from non-VA doctors if they meet certain eligibility requirements. Program does not impact veterans' existing VA health care or any other VA benefit. Care in the community is only covered by VA for medical needs which have been approved by a veteran's VA physician.
Location
1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108
Hours
M-F, 8am-4:30pm.
Application process
Explore which doctors are participating in the local area. Provider Locator is available on the website. Veterans should call to make sure they qualify and to schedule an appointment. The VA will work to ensure veterans are approved for care in their community and schedule them with a local care provider of their choice.
Eligibility
Veteran must be enrolled in VA health care AND - Has been (or will be) waiting more than 30 days for VA medical care OR - Lives more than 40 miles away from a VA medical care facility OR - Faces one of several excessive travel burdens.
Fee
None.
Agency info
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
VA Puget Sound provides comprehensive care to more than 155,000 enrolled Veterans across Western Washington with a primary care team at one of its care sites: two main campuses (American Lake and Seattle), seven outpatient clinics (Edmonds, Everett, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Port Angeles, Puyallup and Silverdale) and two Community Resource & Referral Centers (Georgetown in Seattle and Renton). As the VA’s 4th largest research program, VA Puget Sound has research in virtually every major clinical department, including: TBI and multiple blast exposures; memory improvement and Alzheimer's Disease; PTSD and deployment health; Parkinson’s Disease; diabetes; cancer; substance abuse; lower limb prosthetics; genomics; and Health Services. Additionally, it has seven nationally recognized Centers of Excellence (in areas from limb-loss prevention and prosthetic engineering to primary care education and substance abuse treatment). For more information visit www.va.gov/puget-sound-health-care or call 800-329-8387. For Veterans in Crisis, please use the Veterans Crisis line at 988 (press 1).