Application of Code of Ethics to the VA System Law Research Paper

Code of Ethics
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Application of Code of Ethics to the VA System
Description of the Legal Topic
The VA, operating in the United States of America, is responsible for operating the largest integrated health care system in the country. The corporation is in charge of over 1700 clinics, hospitals, readjustment counseling centers, community living centers, domiciliaries, and other facilities. Additionally, it is the largest system in the US. It has 1,233 health care facilities and serves over 8.9 million Veterans each year. It also has 1,053 outpatient sites and 168 VA Medical Centers, administering varying complexity of care (Box, McDonell, Helfrich, Jesse, Fihn, & Rumsfeld, 2010).
There are several benefits that the corporation offers to its members and beneficiaries. Some of these benefits may be financial or in other forms, offered to service members, survivors, dependents, and the Veterans. They include compensation, education and training, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation. Notably, such benefits are offered when the veterans or their beneficiaries receive services such as medical attention in some designated hospitals across the United States of America.
In the recent past, the Veterans Health Administration has transformed into one of the major health care payers in the country, on top of its primary role of healthcare provision. An example is the manner in which the VHA responded to allegations of scandals reported in the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2014. In response to this, a law was passed in 2015 that mandated the various community care programs that had been introduced under the VHA to be consolidated into one (Box, McDonell, Helfrich, Jesse, Fihn, & Rumsfeld, 2010). The new program that composed of all the others was now referred to as the Veterans Choice Program.
The Veterans Affairs Department is recognized for its otherwise forward-thinking leadership. As such, it responds to challenges and scandals through the establishment of an ambitious plan that aims at altering approaches to care that do not seem to serve to the best of the interest of the members and beneficiaries of the VHA. Such plans played a critical role in the administrative and legislative reforms in the corporations that have led to the enactment of the various laws which have led to the transformation of the structure and processes of the Veterans Affairs.
However, it is worth noting that the community care plans that are developed and implemented by the Veterans Affairs Department come at a cost. For instance, the sustenance of the future proves costly. As such, the department has failed to offer and display the expected level of efficiency up to date (Box, McDonell, Helfrich, Jesse, Fihn, & Rumsfeld, 2010). Additionally, the implementation of the plan of expanding the community specialty care or significant further use by the veterans who are eligible to use them could result in a significant increase in the costs incurred. As a result, that would call for efficient and effective modifications to the fixed and other costs so as to match the required costs of provision of such services.
One of the misconceptions that need clearance is that Veter...