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Background: In an effort to decrease time to diagnosis andor treatment intervention in nely diagnosed veteran cancer patients, Hudson Valley administrators chose the disease case management team model as a potential useful solution to enhance and or expedite health care delivery. In 2008, the DM program as begun. The team consists of three Registered Nurses RN ho ork under the auspices of the Quality Management Division rather than a specific oncology clinic. This report ill sho the clinical impact of Hudson Valley VAs Disease Management team. Methods: We assessed the timeline in days for veterans to get scheduled for recommended tests and consults before and after the DM team implementation. We revieed timeline data for patients diagnosed during fiscal years 2009 to 2014. The percentage change ere calculated for Oncology Consults and Intra-facility Consults to DM team and those placed by them. Times from diagnosis to treatment intervention pre and post DM implementation ere revieed for Primary liver, colon and lung cancers. Results: Rate of change: Oncology consults for DM team intervention: 62 percent increase. Inter-facility consults for tests PETCT scans and treatments Neurosurgery, Radiation, Urology, and Head and Neck Surgery placed by DM team: 153 percent increase. Reduction in time from diagnosis to treatment intervention: colon cancer and Lung Cancer 50 percent and 46 percent respectively. Reduction in the time required for getting primary Liver cancer patients into diagnostic tests and tumor board presentations for treatment intervention days shortened from 92 to ~31 days from 201011 to 2015. This reflected a 66 percent decrease in time to treatment intervention. Conclusions: These data reflect that in a VA care setting, the Disease cancer Case Management team model is feasible. These data sho that the introduction of the disease management team model shortened the number of days from diagnosis to treatment by facilitating referrals, clinical testing, andor treatment initiation in Veteran cancer patients resulting in timely care intervention.,J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 suppl; abstr 6584 00:00.0,Health Services Research and Quality of Care