VA would run three-year pilot assigning case managers to veterans using Medicare
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Sponsor: Jerry Moran · Senator · KS
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Official title: Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act
119th Congress
Topics: Security & foreign affairs
Introduced:
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A three-year VA pilot would give veterans in both VA care and Medicare a case manager to coordinate their services in three to five regions.
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What does this do?
The bill would create a three-year pilot program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans who use both VA health care and Medicare. Each veteran who joins would get a case manager who reviews their needs, builds a care plan with treatment goals, and helps them find and use services through the VA, VA-approved community providers, and Medicare.
Who does it affect?
Veterans enrolled in both Medicare and the VA's annual patient enrollment system who live in the three to five selected regions could take part. The bill also affects VA staff and any private companies hired to help run the program.
Why does it matter?
The VA and Medicare do not always share information or coordinate well, which can lead to gaps in care, repeated tests or services, and higher costs. The pilot would track costs, quality of care, satisfaction, appointment access, and records sharing, and a final report would recommend whether to extend it or make it permanent.
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Based on the “Introduced in Senate” text of Feb 11, 2025.
After that text, a committee agreed on Jul 30, 2025 to send the bill to the full chamber with changes. This plain-language version may not reflect them.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Senate committeeYou are here · Jul 30, 2025
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.