Veterans Health Administration
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The prevention of veteran suicides has been an ongoing and high priority for the Veterans Affairs Department. Efforts go far beyond hotlines.
May 14, 2021 -
The Veterans Benefits Administration said it can recover its disability claims backlog relatively quickly, but Congress is concerned the agency is relying on contractors to get the bulk of the work done.
May 12, 2021 -
Veterans Health Administration has gone to expedited hiring, with the goal of getting people on board within three days of an offer.
April 29, 2021 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering the next steps for telehealth, after it expanded the program by 1,831% last year.
April 28, 2021 -
Agencies have done their fair share of hiring during the pandemic, but the size of the federal workforce hasn't budged much in recent years. Today, Uncle Sam employs 1 million fewer people than it did during World War II.
April 12, 2021 -
Medical practitioners at the Veterans Health Administration's Center of Excellence in Palo Alto are acting on the idea that encouraging veterans to share their traumatic brain injury stories can help.
March 25, 2021 -
As more agencies begin exploring how artificial intelligence can benefit their missions, one question keeps coming up: how to prioritize the potential use cases to get the best return on investment, and best serve their constituents?
March 01, 2021 -
The Veterans Health Administration also said it will not require the COVID-19 vaccine as a requirement of employment at the department. VHA has vaccinated 73% of its workforce and 90% of its clinical staff.
February 25, 2021 -
Besides being the biggest health care delivery organization in the country, the Veterans Health Administration is also one of the biggest medical research organizations.
February 23, 2021 -
The Veterans Health Administration is marking its 75th year. Now that Denis McDonough is confirmed as the new veterans affairs secretary, what will his overseers on Capitol Hill be most concerned with?
February 12, 2021 -
Veterans and health care have changed a lot since 1945 when the vast cohort started returning home from World War II. The VA's acting Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Richard Stone, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a review.
February 11, 2021 -
This year the Veterans Health Administration is marking 75 years of operations. Its leadership says the agency has come a long way in those decades, as a continuously learning organization.
January 29, 2021 -
VA deferred collection of these overpayments to give veterans financial relief due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 31, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs ordered 73,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and is preparing to distribute them whenever the Food and Drug Administration grants emergency-use authorization. But VA's top healthcare leader said the amount isn't "adequate" to reach its employees and veterans, especially those in remote locations.
December 09, 2020 -
Michael Sarich, FOIA director for the Veterans Health Administration, said “FOIA programs are going to be fine if our people are fine."
November 10, 2020