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 Spring 2025
(Pre-decisional)
Editor's Note: At the present time, we are limited in distribution to recipients with a “va.gov” email only. If you would like to add or update your email address, please let us know at VHAACCENTCORE@va.gov
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ACCENT is a nationwide network of VA researchers and operations partners, fostering collaboration and knowledge diffusion in the areas of Access and Community Care among VA investigators, VA Operational Partners, VISN and VA facility leadership, and VA Health Systems Research to support and inform national priorities for achieving high-quality and timely access to care. ACCENT extends the work initiated by the Community Care Research Evaluation and Knowledge (CREEK) Center and the Veterans Access Research Consortium (VARC).
View the recording of the ACCENT CORE Cyberseminar (held February 12, 2024) Introducing the Access and Community Care Engagement Network Team (ACCENT)
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Interested in receiving the quarterly ACCENT CORE newsletter? Email us at: VHAACCENTCORE@va.gov
New research published or presented at a conference? Please let us know so we can share it with the community in our next newsletter. Email VHAACCENTCORE@va.gov
Email accent.data@va.gov if you have questions for the ACCENT data team.
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Check out the ACCENT CORE Website
Check out the ACCENT website, where you will find funded projects, recently published papers, past quarterly newsletters, minutes from monthly calls with the VA Office of Integrated Veteran Care (IVC), information about using community care data captured in the Consolidated Data Set and Program Integrity Tool, and information about current access- and community care-related programs and projects.
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New Resources—Active Projects Inventory!
Check out the ACCENT Active Projects Inventory (Healthcare Access and Community Care Active Projects Inventory)! This inventory is designed to help fellow researchers have a convenient way to view currently funded projects in access and community care and identify potential gaps in these research areas. You can easily search the inventory to find relevant project information.
Looking for Veteran Feedback on Your Research Project?
ACCENT's Veteran and Caregiver Engagement Panel (VCEP) has an opening on May 7th to meet with a research team. VCEP connects Panel members with researchers to enhance the quality of projects. If you, or someone you know, is interested, please have them reach out to Kenda Steffensmeier.
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Consolidated Data Set Update!
In response to recent requests to identify inpatient and outpatient community care claims in CDS, ACCENT has published a document “Categorizing Claims in the Consolidated Data Set (CDS)” which attempts to clarify the use of bill type, place of service, and revenue codes for determining whether a claim can be classified as outpatient or inpatient (acute and other) in the CDS data. Please refer to this document when seeking to understand which claims to use in a study. The new document can be found at Information on Specific Community Care Programs and Policies (va.gov) and replaces the previous CDS inpatient document (“Finding Hospital Inpatient Stays in CDS”). Let us know at data@va.gov if you have any questions or concerns.
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Editor's Note: Currently, all webinar content is available on the VA intranet only.
To Register
In order to register or attend a session, you must have a "va.gov" email. To register for sessions, please copy and paste the following URL from your VA-intranet secure device: vaww.hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/catalog-upcoming.cfm
Upcoming Webinars
Physicians and Specialties in the VA’s Community Care Network
Presenter: Kevin Griffith, PhD
Date & Time: April 14, 2025, at 1pm EST
Register
Trends and Outcomes of Community vs. VA Nephrology Referral 2012-2020
Presenter: Ann O’Hare, MD
Date & Time: July 14, 2025, at 1pm EST
Past Recordings
For a comprehensive list of past sessions, visit the HSR Cyberseminar's Past Sessions page. You will need access to the VA intranet in order to view previously-held sessions. To view a session, select that session, and then copy and paste the VA intranet link into your VA-secure device browser.
Presentations
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Burke, L. G., Ma, Y., Phelan, J., Latsko, E., Frakt, A. B., Pizer, S. D., & Figueroa, J. F. (2024). Cost Shifting For Emergency Care Of Veterans With Medicare After MISSION Act Implementation. JAMA Health Forum, 5(12), e244312. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4312
Kenneally, L., Riblet, N., Stevens, S., Rice, K., & Scott, R. (2024). Examining The Impact Of The Veterans Affairs Community Care Program On Mental Healthcare In Rural Veterans: A Qualitative Study. Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14405
Kizer, K. W., & Ibrahim, S. (2024). Medicare To Veterans Affairs Cost Shifting-A Challenging Conundrum. JAMA Health Forum, 5(12), e244319. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4319
Le, D. E., Arora, B. L., Kelly, F. R., Waldo, S. W., Raitt, M., Heidenreich, P., Shah, S. M., Denktas, A. E., & Mavromatis, K. O. (2025). The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care.
JACC Advances, 4(2), 101533.
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Ma, Y., Phelan, J., Orav, E. J., Frakt, A. B., Pizer, S. D., Garrido, M. M., Figueroa, J. F., & Tsai, T. C. (2025). Veterans May Be Seeing Lower-Quality Clinicians in The VHA Community Care Network. Health affairs (Project Hope), 44(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00900
Savoy, A., Weaver, F. M., Patel, H., Taylor, A., Govier, D. J., & Hynes, D. M. (2025). Barriers And Facilitators to Cross-Institutional Referrals: System Configuration Analysis Of VA Staff Experiences. Journal of General Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09450-5
Slatore, C. G., Disher, N., Scott, J. Y., Golden, S. E., Hooker, E., Govier, D. J., & Hynes, D. M. (2025). Resistance To Switching Health Care Institution Among Veterans Referred For VA-Purchased Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09404-x
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