H.R. 668 — Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

This section establishes a three-year pilot program, administered through the Center for Innovation for Care and Payment and carried out in 3-5 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) with large covered veteran populations (including rural, highly rural, and medically underserved areas), to coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for covered veterans across VA facilities, the Veterans Community Care Program (sec. 1703), Veterans Care Agreements (sec. 1703A), and Medicare providers. The program assigns a case manager to each participant for an individualized needs assessment, care coordination plan, and assistance accessing services; incorporates existing commercial value-based care models; and prioritizes contracting with private sector entities for design, implementation, and management (with congressional notification and justification required if not practicable). The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must track metrics on participation, reliance on VA and Medicare services, quality and cost of care, access, satisfaction, and coordination—disaggregated by service-connected disability status, enrollment priority group, care type, and demographics (including age)—and submit quarterly reports to the congressional Veterans' Affairs Committees for two years on the program's development, implementation, results, and design.