Thank you for sharing your story and this information. It will help so many! Knowing to call the VA Notification number you listed helped our family, too…
My husband’s recent ambulance trip to the local ER, just 2.7 miles away, was $2001!
Although we have health insurance through his Federal employment, he was also enrolled in the VA Healthcare system due to his service-connected disabilities.
A perk to being enrolled in the VA Healthcare system is that, similar to AAA Auto Club’s membership’s service calls, enrollees in VA Healthcare are allowed 3 VA-billable trips to an ER (whether to a VA ER, or one from the regional VA’s approved list if the enrollee is too far from a VA ER), and 3 VA-billable trips to an Urgent Care (same stipulations as an ER trip)
The trip does not have to be related to the enrollee’s service-connected disabilities – but a trip that meets the criteria described in your article.
Knowing to call the VA’s “Notification” phone number to notify them within 72 hours of your ambulance trip including sharing details of the incident and getting the “Incident Notification number” – the LONG number that the VA phone rep will give you- is also important!
That long VA Notification number is what you’ll share with the ER hospital’s Billing Dept, as well as your other insurance provider, so they’ll know to bill the VA, and not YOU or your other insurance, for your ambulance trip.
As always with the government bureaucracy, there are some exclusions, so ask the VA Phone Rep about them when you call.
In the least, your VA Notification Number might be able to be used as a secondary payer, after your other medical insurance has paid their allowed part, to pay that insurance’s required co-payment for the ambulance trip (usually an out-of-pocket expense!) which could be $300-$500.
Thank you also, Ernst, for providing links to read further about this for details and clarifications.
Q: What about veterans who are NOT in northern California, but are mid-state or in SoCal? Is there a card for US to use? and where can we get it?
we have room for a few more golfers.
you can sign up and see who walks away with the BRAGGING RIGHTS as the BEST POST Golf TEAM for this year. They will be invited back to COMPETE and RETAIN the TROPHY, or PASS it on to the NEW Champions for that year!
There was a snafu yesterday and the training did not happen. I have rescheduled the workshop for Sunday, November 7th at 2:00 PM. I will have things worked out by that time. Here is the link:
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Dear Ernst Larson, Jr,
Thank you for sharing your story and this information. It will help so many! Knowing to call the VA Notification number you listed helped our family, too…
My husband’s recent ambulance trip to the local ER, just 2.7 miles away, was $2001!
Although we have health insurance through his Federal employment, he was also enrolled in the VA Healthcare system due to his service-connected disabilities.
A perk to being enrolled in the VA Healthcare system is that, similar to AAA Auto Club’s membership’s service calls, enrollees in VA Healthcare are allowed 3 VA-billable trips to an ER (whether to a VA ER, or one from the regional VA’s approved list if the enrollee is too far from a VA ER), and 3 VA-billable trips to an Urgent Care (same stipulations as an ER trip)
The trip does not have to be related to the enrollee’s service-connected disabilities – but a trip that meets the criteria described in your article.
Knowing to call the VA’s “Notification” phone number to notify them within 72 hours of your ambulance trip including sharing details of the incident and getting the “Incident Notification number” – the LONG number that the VA phone rep will give you- is also important!
That long VA Notification number is what you’ll share with the ER hospital’s Billing Dept, as well as your other insurance provider, so they’ll know to bill the VA, and not YOU or your other insurance, for your ambulance trip.
As always with the government bureaucracy, there are some exclusions, so ask the VA Phone Rep about them when you call.
In the least, your VA Notification Number might be able to be used as a secondary payer, after your other medical insurance has paid their allowed part, to pay that insurance’s required co-payment for the ambulance trip (usually an out-of-pocket expense!) which could be $300-$500.
Thank you also, Ernst, for providing links to read further about this for details and clarifications.
Q: What about veterans who are NOT in northern California, but are mid-state or in SoCal? Is there a card for US to use? and where can we get it?
Gratefully,
Desirae S.
We at Florin Post 608 in Sacramento are still collecting stuff for the posts whom experienced fire loss.
“T-Dog”,
we have room for a few more golfers.
you can sign up and see who walks away with the BRAGGING RIGHTS as the BEST POST Golf TEAM for this year. They will be invited back to COMPETE and RETAIN the TROPHY, or PASS it on to the NEW Champions for that year!
So register and join us in good healthy FUN and support our Veterans! http://www.palmspringscelebritygolfclassic.com
AWESOME! Way to go D21 Brother & Sisters!!!
My post saved my life too. I shouldn’t been here 3yrs ago. But I’m still here😜😜
There was a snafu yesterday and the training did not happen. I have rescheduled the workshop for Sunday, November 7th at 2:00 PM. I will have things worked out by that time. Here is the link:
Mark Rice is inviting you to a Post Bylaws Workshop..
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I would have liked to attend, but Zoom wanted a passcode that I did not have. I hope the course was recorded or will be repeated.
Would love to be included in the Chaplain’s Workshop.
Salute!
Fr. Tancredo R. Pastores, Jr.
Chaplain, VFW 1864
Visalia, CA