Create a Non-VA Provider

A user can create a Non-VA Provider that provides Non-VA Care to the patient through the VA. Non-VA Care consists of three categories: Veteran’s Choice, Community Nursing Home, and Veteran State Home.

A user can create a new Non-VA Provider from the Patient Profile screen.

  1. A user can create a new Non-VA Provider from the Patient Profile screen.
  2. Click the Search button next to Provider to display the Search for Non-VA Provider screen.
  3. User must first search for a Non-VA Provider before one can be created. Enter the search criteria and click the Search button. If the Non-VA Provider is not found in the system, the Create New Provider button displays. Click the Create New Provider button to display the Assign a Non-VA Provider to a Patient screen.
  4. The Search button displays to allow the user to search for a Non-VA Provider during the creation process.
  5. Select the Non-VA Category type from the Category drop-down. Options are:
Name Section:
  1. Enter the last name of the Non-VA Provider in the Last Name text box.
  2. Enter the first name of the Non-VA Provider in the First Name text box.
  3. Enter the middle name of the Non-VA Provider in the Middle text box.
  4. Enter the suffix of the Non-VA Provider in the Suffix text box.
Address section: (only displays for the DoD Category)
  1. Enter the address of the Non-VA Provider in the Address Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3 text box(es).
  2. Enter the city where the Non-VA Provider resides in the City text box.
  3. Select the state where the Non-VA Provider resides in the State drop-down.
  4. Enter the Zip Code where the Non-VA Provider resides in the Zip text box.
  5. Select a role from the Role drop-down list (required) and select a specialty from the Specialty drop-down list.
  6. Click the Search button to create or assign a Non-VA Practice to a Non-VA Provider.  Click the name link to assign a Non-VA Practice.
  7. Select the calendar icon to indicate the assignment date.
  8. Click the Search button to assign a Coordination Team. This option available for all Non-VA Provider Categories expect for DoD.
  9. Click Submit to save the information and display the Non-VA Provider Information screen. The new provider will be listed. Or click Cancel to display a dialog box that asks to confirm the cancelation and warns that no information will be saved.

1.See Also:

Search for Non-VA Provider

Modify an Existing Non-VA Provider

Search for Non-VA Practice

Search for VA Staff