Survey indicates higher satisfaction with military medical facilities
Results of the Defense Department’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey, or JOES, are in for 2017, and soldiers, retirees and family members reported very high overall satisfaction – 93 percent – with their experience at Army medical treatment facilities, the senior...
Combat veterans coming home with CTE
Until a few years ago, NFL players who struggled with severe depression, bouts of rage and memory loss in their retirement were often told they were just having a hard time adjusting to life away from the game. Doctors have since learned these changes can be symptoms...
VA Attempts Faster Payments to Private-Sector Providers
The amount of money that the Department of Veterans Affairs owes private-sector medical providers will be made public now — one of several moves the agency announced this week, in an attempt to hold itself accountable for faster reimbursements to outside doctors...
VA says Justice Department crackdown on marijuana won’t hit veterans
Veterans who talk to their doctors about medical marijuana use won’t be hurt by the new Justice Department crackdown on the drug, according to officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs. But advocates worry the mixed message currently coming from federal...