House Veterans Affairs Committee

There in the sky! Not a bird, not a plane, it’s VA’s old VistA system!

Veterans Affairs doesn’t dare let its venerable VistA health records system fade away and leave doctors with nothing.

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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Congress returns to work as the White House prepares to release the 2024 budget

Congress

FILE - The U.S. Capitol dome is seen from a window in the Cannon House Office Building at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. Federal regulations run through American life, touching on everything we consume, the air we breathe, the water we drink. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

GOP House members named chairmen of Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees

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VA will provide ‘covered’ abortions, protect healthcare providers from state laws in new policy

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First Look

Lawmakers renew push to strip investigation authority from VA whistleblower office

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VA secretary urges EHR rollout to continue, but ‘very concerned’ about system outages

Veterans Affairs

House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

Veterans Affairs

VA seeks higher pay caps for more health care workers to address high turnover rates

Veterans Affairs

VA looks to do more with fewer facilities as it rethinks real estate needs

Facilities/Construction

Lawmakers urge cancellation of multibillion dollar VA logistics system

Veterans Affairs

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a woman carries flowers up the stairs into the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington. Thursday marks the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, a violent attack that has fundamentally changed Congress and prompted widespread concerns about the future of American democracy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

It might be a new year, but the same old questions are occupying Congress

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VA’s struggling supply chain modernization initiative is under review

Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support failed to meet more than 40% of the needs staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ first implementation…

Veterans Affairs

Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site

About 83% of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ initial go-live site in Spokane, Washington, say their morale has worsened due to the electronic…

Veterans Affairs

After underreporting billions, VA will launch new initiative to review EHR’s costs

Veterans Affairs

The process of producing a new, independent cost estimate for the electronic health record modernization project will begin later this month, the Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress, and it will take another year to complete.