Program Description
The Foreign Medical Program (FMP) is a
Department of Veterans (VA) health care benefits program for U.S. veterans
with VA rated service-connected conditions that are residing or traveling
abroad. Under FMP, VA assumes payment responsibility for certain necessary
health care services associated with the treatment of those
service-connected conditions.
General Program Requirements
The Foreign Medical Program (FMP) is
not
part of the Medical Benefits Package.
You don’t have to be enrolled in the VA
health care system to participate.
VA
may authorize foreign medical services for veterans only for a VA rated
service-connected condition or for a condition that is associated with and
aggravated by a VA rated service-connected condition.
This means that disability percentages have no bearing on
determining eligibility for FMP medical services.
Additionally, VA may authorize necessary foreign medical
services for any condition for a veteran participating in the VA Vocational
Rehabilitation Program.
Application Process
For more information, see the Program Contact Information below.
Program Contact Information
You can call us Monday through Friday from 8:05
a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time at:
303-331-7590
You can write us at:
Foreign
Medical Program, PO Box 65021, Denver, CO 80206-9021
You can e-mail us at:
hac.fmp@med.va.gov
Detailed program information, including a program handbook,
brochures, and facts sheets, is available for review or download at:
http://www.va.gov/hac/forbeneficiaries/fmp/fmp.asp
Managing Agency
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
http://www1.va.gov/health
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