May 31, 2018
Last month, the Madigan Army Medical Center opened its new Virtual Critical Care Center (VC3). “It is a location where telecritical clinicians (nurses, doctors, and someday other specialties like pharmacists, respiratory therapists and nutritionists) can use...
May 31, 2018
Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the White House has approved an interagency plan to implement President Trump’s executive order supporting Veterans with mental health care and suicide-prevention resources during their transition from...
May 30, 2018
Ralph Stepney’s home on a quiet street in north Baltimore has a welcoming front porch and large rooms, with plenty of space for his comfortable recliner and vast collection of action movies. The house is owned by Joann West, a licensed caregiver who shares it with...
May 30, 2018
Today, the White House named Peter O’Rourke as Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Mr. O’Rourke previously served as VA Chief of Staff and prior to that as executive director of VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection....
May 29, 2018
A $55 billion Veterans Affairs reform bill is headed to the white house for approval. The VA Mission Act of 2018 is a combination of bills that could change the way veterans receive care and where. Last week the senate passed the VA Mission Act of 2018, a bill that...
May 29, 2018
Patients using the Veterans Affairs Choice program for medical care won’t see appointments interrupted in the next two weeks, even if it takes the White House a few extra days to sign new funding for the service into law. VA officials repeatedly warned this month that...
May 23, 2018
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation paving the way for a major overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the way veterans access health care in the private sector at government expense. The measure’s passage by vote of 92-5 represents...
May 23, 2018
House lawmakers on Tuesday hinted at continued dramatic shake-ups at Veterans Affairs in months to come, this time taking aim at the department’s health management structure for a complete overhaul. Republicans and Democrats on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee...
May 23, 2018
Brig. Gen. Ronald T. Stephens assumed command Wednesday of Regional Health Command Europe, replacing Brig. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster. LeMaster leaves Sembach for Hawaii, where he will take command of Regional Health Command Pacific. Stephens most recently served as the...
May 21, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs just passed a new federal regulation to allow its doctors, nurses and other health care providers to administer care to veterans using telehealth or other virtual technology to anywhere in the United States that trumps states rights....
May 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has, through a Federal Register notice, revised its regulations concerning payment or reimbursement for emergency treatment for non-service connected conditions at non-VA facilities. VA will begin...
May 18, 2018
For years, Veterans Affairs leaders and administration officials have promised they won’t let health issues surrounding burn pit exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan become another “Agent Orange” in the community. Now, advocates and a handful of lawmakers are worried it...
