{"id":22471,"date":"2024-02-20T08:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22471"},"modified":"2024-02-20T08:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:04:36","slug":"bay-pines-va-expands-service-to-unhoused-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22471","title":{"rendered":"Bay Pines VA expands service to unhoused Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early January, Bay Pines VA\u2019s Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT) brought the organization\u2019s Mobile Medical Unit to the unhoused community for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HPACT is a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to addressing the unique needs and distinct challenges unhoused Veterans face accessing and engaging in health care. The team consists of a medical doctor, a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, to provide medical care. The remaining members are a medical support assistant to help establish eligibility and enrollment and a social worker to provide counseling services.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/128160\/bay-pines-expands-service-to-unhoused-veterans\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/128160\/bay-pines-expands-service-to-unhoused-veterans\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:&nbsp;<\/strong>The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) In early January, Bay Pines VA\u2019s Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT) brought the organization\u2019s Mobile Medical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,7],"tags":[982,1140,1141,87,245],"class_list":["post-22471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-veterans-benefits","tag-homeless-veterans","tag-hpact","tag-medical-mobile-unit","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22472,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22471\/revisions\/22472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}