All who enter Salisbury VA HCS property will be screened for the COVID-19 virus and must wear a mask. Please allow extra time to ensure that you arrive at your appointment on time.

Veterans and staff are encouraged to take every day preventative actions to avoid being exposed to the virus:  

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Stay home if you are sick or becoming sick.
• Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
• If you have symptoms or have been exposed to someone with symptoms, call the VA before going to the facility.

For more information about the Coronavirus, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

For more information about the Salisbury VA Medical Center visit http://www.salisbury.va.gov/.

 
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Saturday Mental Health and Primary Care Clinics at the Health Care Centers in both Charlotte and Kernersville will be unavailable until further notice. Patients who were given appointments for Saturdays will be rescheduled. Additionally, there will be no weekend Pharmacy, Lab, or Imaging services at the HCC locations.

Weekend Dialysis Services will be available as follows:

Kernersville HCC: Saturdays: 0630-1700

Charlotte HCC: Saturdays: 0700-1200

At this time, only employees and Dialysis patients will be admitted into the HCC buildings on weekends.

FYI, Salisbury Health Care System Veterans:

As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well being of our Veterans and staff, beginning Wednesday, March 24, 2020, routine face-to-face services will no longer be available for Eligibility and Release of Information at any of our sites. Telephone customer servcie will continue as usual and alternative service options can be found below. Emergency requests will be considered and addressed on a case-by-case basis at each site. Thank you for your support and understanding during this challenging time:

If you need to enroll for VA Healthcare, you can take a 10-10EZ form and a pre-paid envelope and mail your application to the Salisbury VAMC Eligibility Department at:

ATTN: ELIGIBILITY (136C)
1601 Brenner Avenue
Salisbury, NC 28144

OR

To register by telephone, you ay contact the HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER at 1-877-222-VETS (8387)

OR

You can go online and enroll using the link below:

https://www.va.gov/health-care/apply/application/introduction

Beneficiary Travel Claims will be processed at the clinic where your appointment was conducted.
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In order to continue to provide Veterans with the option to request their medical record for themselves or another organization, the following options will be available:

1. Call the Release of Information Office at (704) 638-9000 ext. 12610 or 12601 to speak to an ROI Clerk to get help.

2. To request a copy of your medical records to be mailed to yourself, complete the authorization form 10-5345a. You can access the authorization form online:

https://www.salisbury.va.gov/patients/roi.asp

Resources box: VA Form 10-5345a Individuals' Request for Copy of Their Own Health Information

3. To request a copy of your medical records to be mailed or faxed to another organization such as an insurance company, attorney, Social Security Disability, etc., complete the authorization form 10-5345. You can access the authorization form online: https://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/10-5345.pdf

There are a few options request your records:

Fax the completed and signed authorization form to (704) 645-6279.

Mail the completed and signed authorization form to:

VA Medical Center
Attn: Release of Information HAS (136C)
1601 Brenner Avenue
Salisbury, NC 28144

Drop Box will be available on-site in area.

Sign in and/or Register to use MyhealtheVet to access portions of your electronic health records onloine and/or upload your completed and signed authorization.

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/home

Non-VA Provider - For treatment purposes and to avoid delays with your care, your non-VA provider can fax or send a written request to us. We will submit the medical records directly to your provider.

VA and Non-VA Forms Completion: Authorization form 10-5345b will need to be completed and signed. Both the authorization form and the form ofor our provier to complete must be submitted to us. The forms can be mailed or faxed or placed in the drop box. You can access the authoriztion form online:

https://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/10-5345.pdf.

Access the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center Salisbury, NC website:

https://www.salisbury.va.gov/patients/roi.asp

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 In an effort to minimize face-to-face contact, the Salisbury VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program is offering assessments and referrals via telephone. 

Contact numbers available for telephone assessments at all locations, Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (except for Federal Holidays):

Salisbury HCHV Outreach - (704) 638-9000 ext. 13137
Charlotte HCHV Outreach - (704) 329-1300 ext. 32109
Kernersville HCHV Outreach - (336) 515-5000 ext. 21155

National Call Center for Homeless Veterans Hotline available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week:

1-(877) 424-3838