Veterans Administration (VA)
Birmingham VA Medical Center – Birmingham, AL
Whole health approach to opioid safety produces positive results
Birmingham VA Medical Center’s “Whole Health Approach to Opioid Safety,” revolves around weekly, 90-minute shared medical appointments that address opioid reliance among the medical…
David Shulkin, the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs secretary, will become chief innovation officer and a strategic advisor at Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, S.D. He will focus on research and Sanford's Imagentics, Chip, Profile and World Clinic.
Tom Nickels, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, was joined by Kameron Matthews, M.D., acting deputy undersecretary for health for community care, Veterans Health Administration, to discuss VA’s efforts to improve claims processing for the Patient-Centered…
Rick Pollack
AHA letter to the Senate expressing support for Robert Wilkie Department.of Veteran Affairs Nomination.
The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs today voted to advance President Trump’s nomination of Robert Wilkie to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs permanently.
On June 6, President Trump signed into law the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018, (S. 2372), known as the VA MISSION Act. This bipartisan legislation consolidated the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care programs into one permanent…
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Community Care will host a series of webinars to share information on its Community Care Programs and corresponding VA regulations.
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Peter O’Rourke today announced his concurrence with Manchester (NH) VA Medical Center's response to the Special Medical Advisory Group recommendations regarding future health care delivery for veterans in the state.
President Trump today signed into law AHA-supported bipartisan legislation (S. 2372) to streamline and consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care programs into a permanent Veterans Community Care Program.