FTC Comment to Department of Veterans Affairs Supports Agency’s Interim Final Rule on VA Professionals’ Authority to Practice Health Care

The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)in response to its request for comment on its Interim Final Rule titled Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care.

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https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/01/ftc-comment-department-veterans-affairs-supports-agencys-interimhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/01/ftc-comment-department-veterans-affairs-supports-agencys-interim
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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Health, Health professional, Health care, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Articles, Healthcare in the United States
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  • The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)in response to its request for comment on its Interim Final Rule titled Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care.
  • The comment supports the Rule, which confirms the VAs current practice of allowing licensed VA health care professionals to deliver health care services in a state other than the health care professionals state of licensure, and also confirms the VAs authority to establish national standards of practice for health care professionals in all VA medical facilities.
  • As the comment explains, the COVID-19 public health emergency, for which the VA has had to rapidly deploy licensed health care professionals to locations where they may not be licensed, has highlighted the need for this regulatory preemption.
  • The Commission vote approving the comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs was 3-2.
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