{"id":62797,"date":"2023-12-11T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=62797"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:23:35","slug":"va-is-with-you-when-you-travel-or-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=62797","title":{"rendered":"VA is with you when you travel or relocate"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you plan on traveling or relocating this year, with some planning, VA will be with you every mile of the way.<\/p>\n

Veterans enrolled in VA health care receive the same standard of care while traveling as they would at home. It\u2019s as simple as coordinating with your VA health care team to ensure you have a plan before you leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are relocating or even traveling, VA care coordination has never been more seamless.\u201d said Mallory Murray, VA Traveling\/Relocating Veteran coordinator. \u201cReaching out to your VA provider to request a Traveling\/Relocating Veteran Consult and update them about your plans is step one. Additionally, the Traveling\/Relocating Veteran Coordinators are a huge help when trying to navigate between VA facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notify your VA care team<\/h2>\n

Temporarily relocated Veterans should notify their VA Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) or specialty care provider\/team of the travel destination, temporary address, dates of travel and contact phone number. They should also provide any specific health care questions.<\/p>\n

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Marine Corps Veteran Gabrielle Reynoso in Joshua Tree National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

A traveling Veteran coordinator ensures care is coordinated per your provider\u2019s request via the traveling\/relocating Veteran consult. This consult helps register you at the new VA and provides a handoff to your new facility. The traveling Veteran coordinators at both sites will work to ensure your care needs are ordered locally and scheduling occurs timely.<\/p>\n

Discussing current prescriptions and the plan for getting refills is also essential when talking with your health care team before travel.<\/p>\n

All VA medical centers have a Traveling Veteran Coordinator. Notifying your health care team 4-6 weeks before travel is highly recommended to ensure seamless care, particularly if you need medication refills or regular medical appointments.<\/p>\n

Resources for traveling Veterans<\/h2>\n

Use of Secure Messaging within the\u00a0Home \u2013 My HealtheVet \u2013 My HealtheVet (va.gov)<\/a>\u00a0portal is an easy and additional way for traveling Veterans to access care from their assigned VA health care team.<\/p>\n

Need emergency care while traveling?\u00a0Be ready for anything and learn about VA\u2019s emergency medical care program.<\/a><\/p>\n

Find a VA facility here<\/a><\/h2>\n

Veterans are encouraged to contact the\u00a0Foreign<\/a> Medical Program<\/a>\u00a0when traveling outside of the U.S. and U.S. territories.<\/p>\n

Also, don\u2019t forget to update your address on file if your mailing address is changing. Updates can be done in minutes online on\u00a0VA.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While traveling, take advantage of the United States\u2019 400+ National Parks. Disabled Veterans are eligible for a\u00a0free National Park Service Lifetime Access Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emergency preparedness resources to assist Veterans before, during and after an emergency can be found here:\u00a0Veterans & Emergency Management \u2013 VHA Office of Emergency Management (va.gov)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get more information on seamless care for traveling Veterans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you plan on traveling or relocating this year, with some planning, VA will be with you every mile of the way. Veterans enrolled in VA health care receive the same standard of care while traveling as they would at home. It\u2019s as simple as coordinating with your VA health care team to ensure you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":62799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,856],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-traveling-veteran-coordinator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62803,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797\/revisions\/62803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}