Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking locum gastroenterology (GI) physician services. The document provides guidance on bookable hour and appointment length standards for providers, but it does not specify the scope of work or requirements for the locum GI physician services. The successful implementation of these standards is predicated on accurate provider labor mapping and Account Level Budget Cost Center (ALBCC) assignments.
Some key points to consider include:
• The bookable hour standard requires a minimum of 80% of a provider's total outpatient clinically mapped time worked to be bookable for in-person, telephone, or telehealth care.
• Decisions about provider-specific modifications to the bookable hours standard will be made at the facility level and approved by the Facility Chief of Staff.
• Standardized appointment length ranges will be applied for high-volume stop codes.
• Resources to support implementation are available on the Bookable Hours and Appointment Lengths Standards SharePoint site.