Veterans Health Administration
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Despite the Veterans Health Administration remaining on track to reach year-end targets to increase health care staff, problems persist in VHA’s recruitment and onboarding processes, the House Veterans Affairs Committee said.
May 17, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is already meeting one of its goals to grow its health care workforce by the end of the fiscal year, and remains on track to meet its other hiring targets.
April 25, 2023 -
Federal agencies are warning that a deal by House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for significant budget cuts would eliminate the jobs of tens of thousands of federal employees.
April 21, 2023 -
If approved, the agreement would make several changes to the union contract, aiming to expedite the VA’s hiring process as the department prepares to staff up amid an increasing workload.
April 07, 2023 -
Two federal executives exemplify the power of passion in how they approach their jobs.
March 30, 2023 -
Veterans Affairs doesn't dare let its venerable VistA health records system fade away and leave doctors with nothing.
March 21, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is on track to exceed its hiring goals for its health care workforce fiscal 2023, but is also speeding up the time it takes to fill vacant positions.
March 20, 2023 -
VA is telling Congress it understands what went wrong in previous deployments of its new Electronic Health Record, and is confident short-term fixes will allow the agency to resume the project.
March 16, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs, facing an increased workload as more veterans seek VA health care and benefits, is prepared to significantly staff up under the Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 budget request.
March 10, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs sees progress on its hiring goals, as well as decreased attrition, as positive signs that it will be able to retain the health care workforce it needs to handle a surge of new patients.
February 21, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs' hiring metrics are headed in the right direction, as the agency looks to staff up on healthcare workers to meet its growing workload.
February 06, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is more than halfway to meeting its hiring goal for health care workers this fiscal year, and ahead of schedule to achieve its workforce goals this fall.
January 26, 2023 -
The VA CAREERS Act would set higher base pay caps for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists and dentists as the Veterans Affairs Department looks to grow its health care workforce.
January 25, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is putting data and emerging technology at the forefront of a modernization agenda that’s ramping up under the PACT Act.
January 19, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working on a study focused on racial disparities in its benefits claims decisions — an issue that spans decades, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
December 01, 2022