Florida Veteran Health Heroes

Military Fee Waiver VALOR Military Spouse FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 04 MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE | 2023 FLORIDA VETERAN HEALTH HEROES FY 2022-23 MILITARY DATA AT A GLANCE MQA licensed military individuals most efficiently in FY 2022-23 when compared to the previous four years. That is, MQA licensed qualified applicants within an average of 0.93 days compared to 1.38 days in FY 2018-19. As shown by Figure 1, military spouses experienced the fastest licensure when compared to qualified applicants for military fee waivers and VALOR during FY 2022-23. Average Days to License 0.93 Figure 1: Average Days to License Military Individuals by Pathway Over $2.2 million cost savings were achieved by veterans, active military members, and military spouses since 2013, more than $1.2 million of which was saved within the last five years alone (Figure 2). Million in Cost Savings $2.2 FY 2020-21 $258,805 FY 2022-23 $253,180 FY 2021-22 $244,060 FY 2018-19 $242,772 FY 2019-20 $231,805 Figure 2: Cost Savings Achieved within the Last Five Years More than 14,574 veterans, military members, and military spouses doubling as health care practitioners have been licensed through a military pathway at MQA since July 1, 2013. People Served 14,574+ 1 - See page 7-8 for more information on military licensure pathways for qualified health care practitioner applicants. 2 - Veterans Application for Licensure Online Response System (VALOR) - see page 8 for more details. 3 - Reflects a weighted average. 4 - This data measure was not captured prior to FY 2022-23. 1 2 3 4

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