; and (II) impacts on access to quality of care and appropriateness of performance standards and guidelines. (B) Improve collaboration between the Office of Information and Technology of the Department and the Veterans Health Administration. (C) Improve resource management and business processes by— (i) prioritizing the use of a patient-centered demand model that forecasts resources needed by geographic location to improve access and make informed resourcing decisions; and (ii) improving coordination across patient access, clinical administration, and patient accounting functions by forming an internal committee of key revenue cycle and administrative stakeholders, standardizing the recovery processes for billing, improving third-party contracts management, and developing approaches to resolve frequently recurring denials.