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  1. Cotton JL, Syed A, Abbitt D, Mecum A, Anigbogu C, Jones TS, Aftab M, Rove JY, Jones EL. Cost of Veteran Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Veterans Health Administration Versus Community Care. The Journal of surgical research. 2025 Oct 1; 315:145-150, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.09.001.
  2. Syed AS, Wikiel KJ, Cotton JL, Jones EL. Quality of bariatric surgery at Veterans Affairs versus community care hospitals. Surgical endoscopy. 2025 Sep 15 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-025-12148-8.
  3. Waldo SW, Glorioso TJ, Butala N, Varosy P, Duvernoy CS, Plomondon ME, Francis J. Management and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Evaluation Across Health Care Systems: Comparison of Community Care and Integrated Veterans Affairs Health Care. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025 Aug 5; 14(15):e041930, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.125.041930.
  4. Calvert C, Taylor SL, Olson J, Coggeshall SS, Frochen S, Zeliadt SB, Taylor BC, Burgess DJ. Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Pain: Delivery Through Veterans Affairs and Community Care. Global advances in integrative medicine and health. 2025 Jul 8; 14:27536130251358757, DOI: 10.1177/27536130251358757.
  5. Roberts ET, Sileanu FE, Li Y, Anderson TS, Thorpe CT, Cashy J, Suda KJ, Radomski TR, Mor MK, Essien UR, Vanneman ME, Fine MJ, Gellad WF. VA-Purchased Community Care and Risk of Potentially Unsafe Concurrent Medication Use Among Veterans Receiving Opioids: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis. Health services research. 2025 Jul 5; e70001, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.70001.
  6. Buys MJ, Anderson Z, Bayless K, Zhang C, Presson AP, Hales J, Brooke BS. Postsurgical opioid prescribing among veterans using community care for orthopedic surgery at non-VA hospitals compared to a VA hospital with a transitional pain service: a retrospective cohort study. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2025 Jul 4; 50(7):531-537, DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2023-105162.
  7. Dismuke-Greer CE, Almeida E, Ryan JL, Nakase-Richardson R. Department of Defense Military Treatment Facility and Community Care Costs After Traumatic Brain Injury in Service Members and Veterans Treated in Veterans Affairs Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers: A VA TBI Model Systems Study. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2025 Jul 1; 40(4):E300-E307, DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000001028.
  8. Barrett AK, Cashy JP, Roehm J, Zhao X, Mor MK, Suda KJ, Good CB, Rogal SS, Tran KA, Hale JA, Nosek R, Thorpe CT, Cunningham F, Fine MJ, Gellad WF. Measuring prescriptions dispensed from urgent care through the VA community care benefit. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2025 Jun 24; 13(2):100765, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2025.100765.
  9. Vanneman ME, Roberts ET, Li Y, Sileanu FE, Essien UR, Mor MK, Fine MJ, Thorpe CT, Radomski TR, Suda KJ, Gellad WF. Experiences With VA-Purchased Community Care for US Veterans With Mental Health Conditions. JAMA Network Open. 2025 May 1; 8(5):e2511548, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.11548.
  10. Almklov E, Lee MW, Gault JD, Blanco BH, Huynh B, Angkaw A, Doran N, Afari N, Pittman JOE. Mixed method study of feasibility and acceptability of electronic screening for measurement-based symptom monitoring of veterans accessing mental health treatment in VA community care program settings. BMC health services research. 2025 Jan 3; 25(1):10, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-12029-1.
  11. Ma Y, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Frakt AB, Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Figueroa JF, Tsai TC. Veterans May Be Seeing Lower-Quality Clinicians In The VHA Community Care Network. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2025 Jan 1; 44(1):117-125, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00900.
  12. Weinstock LM, Bishop TM, Bauer MS, Benware J, Bossarte RM, Bradley J, Dobscha SK, Gibbs J, Gildea SM, Graves H, Haas G, House S, Kennedy CJ, Landes SJ, Liu H, Luedtke A, Marx BP, Miller A, Nock MK, Owen RR, Pigeon WR, Sampson NA, Santiago-Colon A, Shivakumar G, Urosevic S, Kessler RC. Design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of a post-discharge suicide prevention intervention for high-risk psychiatric inpatients: The Veterans Coordinated Community Care Study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 2024 Dec 1; 33(4):e70003, DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70003.
  13. Scorsone KL, Frank JW. Exploring Veterans' Experiences Accessing Chronic Pain Treatment in the VA Community Care Network. Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Dec 1; 39(16):3190-3195, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09023-y.
  14. Krishnamurthy S, Li Y, Sileanu F, Essien UR, Vanneman ME, Mor M, Fine MJ, Thorpe CT, Radomski T, Suda K, Gellad WF, Roberts ET. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Care Experiences for Veterans Receiving VA Community Care from 2016 to 2021. Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Sep 1; 39(12):2249-2260.
  15. Sullivan JL, Shin MH, Chan J, Shwartz M, Miech EJ, Borzecki AM, Yackel E, Yende S, Rosen AK. Quality improvement lessons learned from National Implementation of the "Patient Safety Events in Community Care: Reporting, Investigation, and Improvement Guidebook". Health services research. 2024 Dec 1; 59 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e14317.
  16. Feyman Y, Griffith KN, Dorneo A, Simmons SF, Roumie CL, Mattocks KM. Physicians and Specialties in the Veterans Health Administration's Community Care Network. [Letter to the Editor]. JAMA Network Open. 2024 May 1; 7(5):e2410841.
  17. Patzel M, Barnes C, Ramalingam N, Gunn R, Kenzie ES, Ono SS, Davis MM. Jumping Through Hoops: Community Care Clinician and Staff Experiences Providing Primary Care to Rural Veterans. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Jul 1; 38(Suppl 3):821-828.
  18. Palani S, Garrido MM, Tenso K, Pizer SD. Community care emergency room use and specialty care leakage from Veterans Health Administration hospitals. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1; 30(4):379-387.
  19. Mull HJ, Kabdiyeva A, Ndugga N, Gordon SH, Garrido MM, Pizer SD. What is the role of selection bias in quality comparisons between the Veterans Health Administration and community care? Example of elective hernia surgery. Health services research. 2023 Jun 1; 58(3):654-662.
  20. Itani KMF, Rosen AK. Association of Expanded Health Care Options for Community Care With Veterans' Surgical Outcomes. JAMA surgery. 2022 Dec 1; 157(12):1123-1124.
  21. Cordasco KM, Yuan AH, Rollman JE, Moreau JL, Edwards LK, Gable AR, Hsiao JJ, Ganz DA, Vashi AA, Mehta PA, Jackson NJ. Veterans' Use of Telehealth for Veterans Health Administration Community Care Urgent Care During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical care. 2022 Nov 1; 60(11):860-867.
  22. Sterling RA, Liu CF, Hebert PL, Fortney JC, Swankoski KE, Katon JG, Wong ES. How Did Veterans' Reliance on Veterans Health Administration Outpatient Care Change After Expansion of the Veterans Community Care Program? Medical care. 2022 Oct 1; 60(10):784-791.
  23. Fortney JC, Carey EP, Rajan S, Rise PJ, Gunzburger EC, Felker BL. A comparison of patient-reported mental health outcomes for the Department of Veterans Affairs' regional telehealth and Community Care Programs. Health services research. 2022 Aug 1; 57(4):755-763.
  24. Pizer SD, Utech A. Innovations in Community Care: Briefing before the Assistant Under Secretary for Health, Caroline Clancy, and Roshni Ghosh, Executive Director of the Center for Care and Payment Innovation; 2022 Feb 22; Virtual.
  25. Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel EE, Harris AHS, Shwartz M, Vanneman ME, Wagner TH, Giori NJ. Comparing Postoperative Readmission Rates Between Veterans Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Health Administration Versus Community Care. Medical care. 2022 Feb 1; 60(2):178-186.
  26. Apaydin EA, Rose DE, McClean MR, Yano EM, Shekelle PG, Nelson KM, Stockdale SE. Association between care coordination tasks with non-VA community care and VA PCP burnout: an analysis of a national, cross-sectional survey. BMC health services research. 2021 Aug 13; 21(1):809.
  27. Pizer SD, Stoesen C, and other representatives of CSO . , Jhu E. Productivity, Community Care and FY23 budget projections: Briefing before the VHA Executive in Charge, Dr. Richard Stone and Dr Steve Lieberman, Acting DUSH, as well as other VHA leaders; 2021 Jul 12; Virtual briefing.
  28. Heinz AJ, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Sharin T, Loskot T, Mason D, Jaworski BK, McGovern M. Rising from the ashes by expanding access to community care after disaster: An origin story of the Wildfire Mental Health Collaborative and preliminary findings. Psychological Services. 2021 Jun 28; 19(Suppl 2):58-66.
  29. Billig JI, Evans RR, Kerr EA, Hayward RA, Sears ED. The Impact of Community Care Referral on Time to Surgery for Veterans With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S279-S285.
  30. Davila H, Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Shwartz M, Chatelain L, Gurewich D. Rural Veterans' Experiences With Outpatient Care in the Veterans Health Administration Versus Community Care. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S286-S291.
  31. Garvin LA, Pugatch M, Gurewich D, Pendergast JN, Miller CJ. Interorganizational Care Coordination of Rural Veterans by Veterans Affairs and Community Care Programs: A Systematic Review. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S259-S269.
  32. Jones AL, Gordon AJ, Gabrielian SE, Montgomery AE, Blosnich JR, Varley AL, deRussy AJ, Austin EL, Hoge AE, Kim YI, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG. Perceptions of Care Coordination Among Homeless Veterans Receiving Medical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care Settings: Results From a National Survey. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(6):504-512.
  33. Mattocks KM, Cunningham KJ, Greenstone C, Atkins D, Rosen AK, Upton M. Innovations in Community Care Programs, Policies, and Research. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S229-S231.
  34. Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Elwy AR, Cunningham KJ, Mengeling MA. Understanding VA's Use of and Relationships With Community Care Providers Under the MISSION Act. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S252-S258.
  35. Mengeling MA, Mattocks KM, Hynes DM, Vanneman ME, Matthews KL, Rosen AK. Partnership Forum: The Role of Research in the Transformation of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Medical care. 2021 Jun 1; 59(Suppl 3):S232-S241.
  36. Mattocks KM, Elwy AR, Yano EM, Giovannelli J, Adelberg M, Mengeling MA, Cunningham KJ, Matthews KL. Developing network adequacy standards for VA Community Care. Health services research. 2021 Jun 1; 56(3):400-408.
  37. Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L. Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Medical care. 2021 Feb 1; 59(2):131-138.
  38. Waldo SW, Glorioso TJ, Barón AE, Plomondon ME, Valle JA, Schofield R, Ho PM. Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 Sep 1; 76(9):1112-1116.
  39. Rosen AK, Vanneman ME, O'Brien WJ, Pershing S, Wagner TH, Beilstein-Wedel E, Lo J, Chen Q, Cockerham GC, Shwartz M. Comparing cataract surgery complication rates in veterans receiving VA and community care. Health services research. 2020 Oct 1; 55(5):690-700.
  40. Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Ndugga N, Griffith KN, Mull HJ, Kabdiyeva A, Gordon SH, Lowenstein R. PEPReC Work to Predict Community Care Spending: Briefing before the Office of Community Care (Dr. Kameron Matthews, DUSH, Dr. Clinton Greenstone, Deputy Executive Director for Clinical Integrity, Dr. Mark Upton, ADUSH for Community Care; Dr. Elizabeth Brill, Chief Medical Officer); 2019 Dec 16; Telephone Briefing.
  41. Kelley AT, Greenstone CL, Kirsh SR. Defining Access and the Role of Community Care in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 May 1; 35(5):1584-1585.
  42. Donovan LM, Coggeshall SS, Spece LJ, Griffith MF, Palen BN, Parsons EC, Todd-Stenberg JA, Glorioso TJ, Carey EP, Feemster LC, Zeliadt SB, Kirsh S, Au DH. Use of In-Laboratory Sleep Studies in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2019 Sep 15; 200(6):779-782.
  43. Adams MA, Sayre GG, Saini SD. The VA MISSION Act and Community Care for Veterans: What Every Community GI Doc Needs to Know. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2019 Aug 1; 114(8):1189-1191.
  44. Pizer SD, Garrido MM, Yee CA, Griffith KN, Minegishi T. Update on PEPReC's work on behalf of the Office of Community Care: Briefing before the Mark Upton, Assistant DUSH for Community Care; 2019 Jul 22; Phone Briefing.
  45. Pyne JM, Kelly PA, Fischer EP, Miller CJ, Wright P, Zamora K, Koenig CJ, Stanley R, Seal K, Fortney JC. Development of a Perceived Access Inventory for Community Care Mental Healthcare Services for Veterans. Military medicine. 2019 Jul 1; 184(7-8):e301-e308.
  46. Pizer SD. The Cost of Sending Veterans to Community Care: Briefing before the Laura Duke, CFO, and OPP Staff; 2018 Nov 8; Washington, DC.
  47. Rosen AK, Wagner TH, Pettey WBP, Shwartz M, Chen Q, Lo J, O WJ, Vanneman ME. Differences in Risk Scores of Veterans Receiving Community Care Purchased by the Veterans Health Administration. Health services research. 2018 Dec 1; 53 Suppl 3:5438-5454.
  48. Gawron L, Pettey WBP, Redd A, Suo Y, Turok DK, Gundlapalli AV. The "Safety Net" of Community Care: Leveraging GIS to Identify Geographic Access Barriers to Texas Family Planning Clinics for Homeless Women Veterans. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2018 Apr 16; 2017:750-759.
  49. Yakovchenko V, Gifford AL, Matthews KL, Greenstone CL, Tsai J, McInnes DK. Improving VHA's Approach to Community Care: Lessons Learned From an Imperfect Hepatitis C Choice Program. Medical care. 2018 Mar 1; 56(3):274-276.
  50. Barnett PG, Hong JS, Carey E, Grunwald GK, Joynt Maddox K, Maddox TM. Comparison of Accessibility, Cost, and Quality of Elective Coronary Revascularization Between Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals. JAMA cardiology. 2018 Feb 1; 3(2):133-141.
  51. Hynes DM. Non-VA Data Access in the Era of Community Care. Informational session for HSRD Center Director's Meeting. 2017 Oct 26.
  52. Hanks D, Hecht MI, Auffrey RR, Hynes DM, Greenstone CL, Mengeling MA, Vanneman ME. Podcast-9: Live from the Meeting: VA Community Care. 2017 Jul 20. 1 (9). Available from: https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/news/podcasts/default.cfm.
  53. Frayne SM, Phibbs CS, Berg E, Friedman SA, Yano EM, Washington DL, Saechao FS, Finlay AK, Hoggatt K, Hamilton AB. One foot in the door and one foot out: Attrition among women community care users who have recently joined the VA. VA National Meeting: Examining the New Landscape of Care in the Community for Veterans. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D Field-Based Examining the New Landscape of Care in the Community for Veterans Meeting; 2016 Aug 8; Arlington, VA.
  54. Lichstein JC, Holmes M, DeWalt D, Domino ME, Silberman P, Weinberger M. Do Community Care of North Carolina-induced changes spill over to non-target populations? Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2015 Jun 14; Minneapolis, MN.
  55. Conrad KJ, Mahableshwarkar A, Lutz G. Money Management for Mental Illness: The Missing Leg on the Table of Community Care. Federal Practitioner. 2003 Sep 1; 20(9): 32-54.

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