Veteran's Engineering Resource Center IPA

This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Handbook provides procedures for avoiding conflict of interest problems associated with Scarce Medical Specialist Services (SMSS) contracts authorized by Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) 7409, Health Care Resource Sharing (HCRS) agreements authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8153, Enhanced Use Leases, 38 U.S.c. Section 8162, Subchapter V, Enhanced-Use Leases of Real Property, August 14, 1991, as amended by Public Law 102-86; Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) agreements, and Fee Basis agreements, 38 U.S.C. 1703.