Changing Patterns of Specialty Care for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Among Rural and Urban Veterans Following the VA MISSION Act
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mary Vaughan‐Sarrazin, Michael Ohl, Bradley Mecham, Kimberly McCoy, Daniel J Livorsi · 2026
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Description
Hiroyuki Suzuki and co-authors track how a law that widened outside care reshaped foot ulcer care for older veterans. The MISSION Act let more veterans use community clinics, with the VA paying the bill. Diabetic foot ulcers need fast, skilled care, and split care can hurt. Their 2026 study follows 76,398 veterans aged 65 and up with a fresh ulcer from 2016 to 2022.
After the act, VA-paid community visits for ulcer care jumped. The jump was larger in rural areas than in cities. At the same time, ulcer visits paid by Medicare fell in both settings. The team reads the shift as care moving onto the VA's tab, most of all where VA clinics are far away.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mary Vaughan‐Sarrazin, Michael Ohl, Bradley Mecham, Kimberly McCoy, Daniel J Livorsi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |