Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

This bill would create a three-year test program to help veterans who use both VA health care and Medicare get coordinated, easier-to-navigate care. The VA would assign each participating veteran a case manager to make a personal care plan, help schedule services, and make sure records are shared so care isn’t duplicated or missed. The program’s goals are to improve access and results, raise quality, cut costs, and close gaps in care, including better sharing of medical information among providers. It would run in 3–5 VA regions, including rural and medically underserved areas.

The VA could use proven care models from the private sector and may hire private companies to help design and manage the program. The VA would also measure things like patient access, quality, costs, and satisfaction to see what works and report on the results .

• Who is affected: Veterans enrolled in both Medicare and the VA health care system.
• What changes: Case managers help veterans navigate VA and Medicare, coordinate care across VA, community providers, and Medicare, and reduce duplicate services; the VA may partner with private companies and use existing care models; results are tracked and reported .
• When: The test program would run for three years once it starts .