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West Roxbury VA Medical Center | VA Boston Health Care | Veterans Affairs
We use imaging to help screen for, diagnose, and treat illness and injury. We provide X-rays and other imaging technologies.

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 Radiology at the West Roxbury Campus
 

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Service Hours

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We offer radiology and imaging services to diagnose and treat many medical conditions. Our services* include:

X-ray
Ultrasound
Mammography (mammograms)
Computed tomography (CT)
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Nuclear medicine
Bone density testing
Fluoroscopy
Angiography

VA Boston is equipped with the most advanced imaging technology available, and offers advanced interventional radiology services with many highly specialized procedures.
The radiology team consists of both technologists and radiologists. Each technologist is trained specifically for the test performed. The radiologists are medical doctors who interpret the resulting images. After they review your images and medical history, the radiologists send a report of the findings to your doctor who ordered the test. Usually you will not meet with a radiologist during your appointment. He or she will speak with your doctor about any significant findings or to learn more about you.
As we are an affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, teaching is an important part of our mission. Our radiologists are regularly involved in teaching and supervising medical residents.
*Not all services are available at all campuses. 

 Rheumatology
 

Common conditions: arthritis, Crohn's disease, gout, lupus
 
Our team cares for and treats Veterans with joint and autoimmune conditions.

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 West Roxbury Campus Rheumatology Clinic
 

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2001 Budget Analysis:California Spending on Long-Term Care Services
Linkages Expansion: $1.5 million from the General Fund to add up to 900 new client slots and to increase staffing for case management and support of
seniors living at home who do not qualify for similar services available to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Authorized by the Older Californians' Act in 1989, the
Linkages program is administered by the CDA. Currently, it serves more than 5,000 clients at 36 different sites. The proposal would increase the client slots
at each of the sites by 25. 
 Adult Day Health Care: $982,000 ($484,000 General Fund) to increase CDA oversight of the recently expanded adult day health care program. The
proposal would establish 8.5 new positions (3.5 of which are two-year limited term) and convert 2 limited-term positions to permanent status in order to
handle an increased workload resulting from growth in the number of adult day health care centers. 
 Senior Wellness Education Campaign: $1 million from the General Fund to make permanent the Senior Wellness Education Campaign, which is an Aging
With Dignity Initiative funded as a one-time cost in 2000-01. The campaign targets seniors, their families, caregivers, and community organizations for the
purpose of encouraging healthier lifestyles that might prevent the need for full-time, long-term care.

Evaluating the Governor's Long-Term Care Proposals 
Projects Move in Right Direction. Our analysis indicates that the Governor's budget proposals generally have merit and are consistent with the administration's
and the Legislature's efforts to strengthen the long-term care system through the adoption last year of the Aging With Dignity Initiative and the establishment of
the Long-Term Care Council.
Several of the projects also are consistent with the mandates of the Olmstead decision, which found that the unjustified institutionalization of people with
disabilities constitutes discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court's decision therefore compels states to review available alternatives
to institutional care for individuals with disabilities. Two of the Governor's budget proposals seek to identify individuals currently receiving institutional care
(in nursing facilities and in county-operated IMDs) for placement in a community setting.
Scientific Collecting Permits

General or Specific Use Amendment – Student (use forms DFW 1379GFA, GMA, GWA and/or SA)
Student
$34.30
	[$32.70]

Excerpt from Title 14, subsection 703(c)(PDF) (operative 10-1-2018). Fees shown include surcharges or fee adjustments pursuant to Fish and Game Code Sections 713 and 1055. Additional adjustments are made January of every year.
For assistance with payment of an application fee or permit fee, contact the LRB's Special Permits Unit by telephone at (916) 928-5846 or email at spu@wildlife.ca.gov.

Special Status Species
The SCP is currently implemented as the permitting mechanism for take that targets species belonging to the taxonomic groups listed in this regulatory proposal that are not listed as Candidate, Threatened, or Endangered under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), and that are not Fully Protected. However, the Department acknowledges that inadvertent take of co-occurring CESA-listed and/or Fully Protected species could potentially occur while conducting certain activities permitted under SCPs.
Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates 
Most terrestrial invertebrates that occur in non-aquatic terrestrial environments (i.e. above mean high tide of marine waters or aerial life stage of aquatic insects) are exempt from an SCP except:

Terrestrial Wildlife General Use SCPs are required for activities with terrestrial invertebrates that occur in vernal pools, or other ephemeral waters that support vernal pool invertebrates, but do not normally support finfish;
A General Use SCP is required for non-routine incidental capture of any taxa covered on the California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority List (dated June 12, 2017) (PDF) during the course of field activities; or
A Specific Use SCP is required for the intentional take (e.g., capture) of any taxa covered on the California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority List (dated June 12, 2017) (PDF)

Other Research Authorizations
Species protected under different designations below may be taken for scientific purposes, but not all may be taken for educational, non-commercial propagation, or management purposes.
2001 Budget Analysis: P&I, Part 5b
The Master Plan for Higher Education envisioned a California university system that would be renowned for providing
high-quality education to the most academically distinguished high school graduates in the state. The Master Plan entrusted the
community colleges with providing courses for students who were not yet prepared for college-level courses as well as
lower-division college courses. The Master Plan states:
"The quality of an institution and that of a system of higher education are determined to a considerable extent by the abilities of those
it admits and retains as students. This applies to all levels—lower division, upper division, and graduate. It is also true for all
segments, but the emphases are different. The junior colleges are required by law to accept all high school graduates; therefore the
junior colleges must protect their quality by applying retention standards rigid enough to guarantee that taxpayers' money is not
wasted on individuals who lack capacity or the will to succeed in their studies. If the state colleges and the University have real
differentiation of functions between them, they should have substantially different admission requirements. Both should be exacting
(in contrast to public higher educational institutions in most other states) because the junior colleges relieve them of the burden of
doing remedial work. Both have a heavy obligation to the state to restrict the privilege of entering and remaining to those who are
well above average in the college-age group."
Many Students Arrive Unprepared for College-Level Courses. Today, both the University of California (UC ) and the
California State University (CSU) admit students who are not yet ready to enroll in college-level reading, writing, and mathematics
courses. The CSU estimates that more than two-thirds of its first-time freshmen require remedial courses in writing or mathematics.
The UC estimates that approximately one-third of its freshmen require remedial courses in writing. (The UC does not require
students to demonstrate preparedness for college-level mathematics.)
Legislative Interest in "Remedial" Education at CSU and UC. The Legislature has expressed much interest in the issue of
remedial education.
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Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending 
Note: COEs also receive funding from add‑ons associated with the Targeted Instructional Improvement Block Grant and Home‑to‑School Transportation.

COEs Also Receive “Hold Harmless” Funding Through LCFF. When the state transitioned to LCFF, it included two provisions intended to hold harmless COEs that otherwise would have received less funding under the new formula. The first provision guarantees that each COE will continue to receive at least as much total funding as it received from revenue limits and categorical programs in 2012‑13. The activities formerly associated with this funding, however, are no longer required. Preliminary data from 2023‑24 shows that 47 COEs (81 percent) are funded at the levels specified by their LCFF targets, with the remaining 11 being funded at their higher 2012‑13 funding levels. Beginning in 2022‑23, the state began growing the 2012‑13 funding levels with an annual statutory COLA. The second provision, known as minimum state aid, ensures that each COE will continue to receive at least as much state General Fund as it received in 2012‑13 for categorical programs. The amount of minimum state aid to which each COE is entitled varies based on historical participation in categorical programs, with those that ran more and/or larger programs receiving larger amounts of state aid. Over one‑third of COEs (22 of 58) receive minimum state aid funding. Similar to the first hold‑harmless provision, COEs are not required to provide the services that originally generated the minimum state aid allotment. Almost half of COEs (26 of 58) receive funding from one or both hold harmless provisions. This funding can be used for any purpose. As Figure 3 shows, the preliminary hold harmless funding for 2023‑24 is $205 million—15 percent of all LCFF funding. In the rest of this report, we refer to additional LCFF allotment beyond the alternative education and operations grant as hold harmless funding. 

COEs Receive Other Funding to Provide Direct Services to Students. In addition to their LCFF alternative grant funding, COEs also receive funding from various other sources to provide direct services to students. In most cases, these programs allocate funding to school districts, COEs, and charter schools. Several notable sources include:
Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending 
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aThis state priority area only applies to county offices of education. 

Statute Requires COEs to Set Goals in State Priority Areas. For each of the state and local measures, statute requires COEs to establish performance targets for its students, student subgroups, and schools. (Statute identifies 13 student subgroups—eight racial and ethnic groups as well as ELs, low‑income students, foster youth, students with disabilities, and homeless students.) Statute requires that COEs establish these targets for the coming school year as well as the next two years. COEs are required to evaluate progress towards meeting the goals specified in LCAPs over a three‑year period.
COEs Required to Develop Additional “Focused Goals” in Certain Circumstances. Beginning in 2024‑25, COEs are required to develop focused goals for: (1) schools receiving equity multiplier funding; (2) schools that received the lowest performance level based on one or more state indicators; and (3) student subgroups that received the lowest performance level based on one or more state indicators, either across all the COE’s schools or at a specific school. Focused goals for equity multiplier schools must be specific to improving performance for low‑performing student subgroups and addressing any issues with teacher credentialing and preparation.
COEs Must Specify Actions They Will Take to Achieve Goals. A COE’s LCAP must specify the actions the COE plans to take to achieve its goals. The specified actions must be aligned with the COE’s adopted budget. For example, a COE could specify that it intends to provide individualized transition plans for its juvenile court school students upon release. To ensure the LCAP and adopted budget are aligned, the COE would be required to include sufficient funding for staff positions to develop transition plans and assist in the coordination of services for families. COEs are required to assess the effectiveness of actions taken to achieve goals specified in their LCAP and are required to change actions that have not been effective towards meeting their intended goal over a three year period.
COEs Must Ensure “Proportionality” When Spending Supplemental and Concentration Grant Funds. COEs must include information demonstrating that they are increasing or improving services for ELs, low‑income students, and foster youth in proportion to their supplemental and concentration funding.
Team Assessing SHERLOC Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover
Since the rover’s landing Feb. 18, 2021, SHERLOC has scanned and provided rich data on 34 rock targets, creating a total of 261 hyperspectral maps of those targets. Featuring a radioisotope power system, Perseverance’s design is based on the agency’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is still going strong after more than 11 years (4,000 sols) on the Red Planet.More About the MissionA key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.For more about Perseverance:mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ 
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Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending 
The remaining 5,856 students attend charter schools for which COEs do not receive direct funding. The size of the community school student population varies significantly by COE, with about half of COEs that operate county community schools averaging less than 65 students attending per day and the largest COE serving an average of 6,007 students per day.
Oversight and Support 
State Law Requires COEs to Provide Fiscal Oversight of School Districts. The second column of Figure 1 shows all the services COEs are required to provide to school districts within their jurisdictions. Most notably, Chapter 1213 of 1991 (AB 1200, Eastin) established the current fiscal oversight process, whereby COEs regularly monitor district solvency. Specific associated responsibilities include the review and approval of school district budgets, the review of interim financial reports during the year, additional monitoring and technical assistance for districts identified as being at risk for fiscal insolvency, and more extensive intervention when districts are in severe fiscal distress. Additionally, state law requires COEs to support districts in various other ways, including assisting them on certain pension and insurance‑related issues.

Figure 1
State‑Required and Optional Activities

Required

Optional

Alternative Education

District Services

Common Direct Instruction

Common District Services

Juvenile Court Schools

District LCAP review, approval, and related technical assistance

Career technical education

Teacher professional development

County Community Schoolsa

Support of districts identified as needing improvement 

Child care and preschool

District LCAP development and implementation 

Fiscal oversight

Migrant education programs

Leadership training

Oversight of basic learning conditionsb

Adult education

Standards implementation

Review of school staff assignments and credentials

Indian education programs

Dissemination of information about state policies

Support of county board of education on appeal issues

After school programs

Internet connectivity and technology assistance

Review of certain district audit findings

Foster youth services

Data support

Review of districts’ LCFF unduplicated pupil counts

Violence and drug prevention programs

Assessment support

Support of County Committee on School District Organization

Charter school monitoring and investigation

CalSTRS and CalPERS retirement reporting

Legal and business services

Support of unemployment insurance management system 

Printing and production services
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Kim most recently served as the Principal Analyst for the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on People with Disabilities, which focuses primarily on people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Previously, Kim served as Director of the Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities, which focused on issues pertaining primarily to people with physical and sensory disabilities. 

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