Show emergency medical care for veterans Is announced denver apr aar 22 procedures to be fol folk wed in tha bar handling ailing of emergency medical cases involving veterans in communities not served ji a V veterans cerans administration fa cikity ware announced today by dr charles F bayer drector director of medical SC services rv ices for VAs branch 13 a area ea se serving arving colorado wyoming bah new mexico and six counties in west texas the veterans administration will accept collect telephone call cal 13 t to 0 the nearest VA office whan physicians wish t ascertain whether they may be paid by for emergency treatments girt giad veterans the regulations require the following conditions be met the treatment must be ademer an emergency case no veterans administration medical facilities are available in which to ta treat the veteran and the ailment must be a service connected disability the only exception to these requirements is an emergency requiring treatment before a determination is maie of device sei vice connected disability under exiting existing regulations payments are made by VA only for c connected disabilities if investigate n develops the emergency arose from a non service connected disability the VA will not be responsible for given after this deter determination mim tio been made but will reimburse e I 1 chief je physician for all services rendered up to the time of the determination dr bayer stated that physicians should place placa collect calls only to regional VA managers or regional chief mc medical lical officers the officials authorized to accept such calls include utah E A littlefield regional manager or dr E G dovey chief medical officer both in salt lake city |