Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part II · Chapter 17 — Hospital, Nursing Home, Domiciliary, and Medical Care
§ 1729B. Consolidated patient accounting centers
Statutory text
In General.—
Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish not more than seven consolidated patient accounting centers for conducting industry-modeled regionalized billing and collection activities of the Department.
Functions.—
The centers shall carry out the following functions:
Reengineer and integrate all business processes of the revenue cycle of the Department.
Standardize and coordinate all activities of the Department related to the revenue cycle for all health care services furnished to veterans for non-service-connected medical conditions.
Apply commercial industry standards for measures of access, timeliness, and performance metrics with respect to revenue enhancement of the Department.
Apply other requirements with respect to such revenue cycle improvement as the Secretary may specify.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Veterans’ Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–387 title IV § 406(a) · 122 Stat. 4110
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1729B
(Added Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4129.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4129.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Establishment of Centers.— Chapter 17 is amended by inserting after section 1729A the following new section: “§ 1729B. Consolidated patient accounting centers “(a) In General.— Not Deadline. later than five years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish not more than seven consolidated patient accounting centers for conducting industry-modeled regionalized billing and collection activities of the Department. “(b) Functions.— The centers shall carry out the following functions: “(1) Reengineer and integrate all business processes of the revenue cycle of the Department. “(2) Standardize and coordinate all activities of the Department related to the revenue cycle for all health care services furnished to veterans for non-service-connected medical conditions. “(3) Apply commercial industry standards for measures of access, timeliness, and performance metrics with respect to revenue enhancement of the Department. “(4) Apply other requirements with respect to such revenue cycle improvement as the Secretary may specify.” .
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–387, which was approved .
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1729B, added Pub. L. 106–117, title II, § 202(a), , 113 Stat. 1561; amended Pub. L. 107–103, title V, § 509(c), , 115 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 107–330, title III, § 308(g)(7), , 116 Stat. 2829, related to the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 108–7, div. K, title I, § 113(a)(1), , 117 Stat. 482.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Balance
Pub. L. 108–7, div. K, title I, § 113(a)(1), , 117 Stat. 482, repealed former section 1729B of this title and provided that any balance as of , in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund established under former section 1729B was to be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund established under section 1729A of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 110–387, title IV, § 406(a), , 122 Stat. 4129.)