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VA awards $44 million contract to CNSI for claims processing technology
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Financial Services Center has tapped CNSI to help overhaul its claims processing technology. This five-year, $44 million contract calls for CNSI to implement a modern and efficient ... Read More
Military-Civilian Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems: A New Era in Health Care Delivery for Military Dependents …
The National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) – passed in late 2016 – provides numerous changes to military health care. One of the changes, NDAA Sec. 706, establishes the Military-Civilian Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems – a Read More
Leaders to discuss Defense Health Agency in AMSUS panel session this week
Federal and military health care professionals are gathering this week for AMSUS’s 126th Annual Continuing Education Meeting. The conference runs Monday, Nov. 27 through Friday, Dec. 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention ... Read More
White House VA Hotline Now Fully Staffed and Operational Around the Clock to Serve Nation’s Veterans
Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the White House VA Hotline, first launched in June as part of President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reforming VA, is now fully staffed with live agents working to ... Read More
VA secretary on a mission to improve care for America’s veterans
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin reached out to state and local leaders Wednesday in a conference that follows President Donald Trump’s proclamation to make November “National Veterans and Military Families Month.” Shulkin made Read More
USAMRMC Makes Vital Connections at European Biotech Meeting
Dr. Kenneth Bertram, Principal Assistant for Acquisition for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, led the USAMRMC’s presence at the 2017 BioEurope meeting in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 5-8. This year’s meeting ... Read More
Zeriscope Awarded Army Contract to Support Treatment Research in Traumatic Brain Injury
Zeriscope, a provider of mobile telemedicine examination systems, announced its selection by the Army Advanced Medical Technology Initiative (AAMTI) to assist in a study to mitigate the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). ... Read More
UCLA, VA launch first-of-its-kind family wellness center, new legal clinic for veterans
For veterans at risk of homelessness, the tipping point can be as trivial as a jaywalking ticket. Too often, a veteran can’t afford to pay the fee for that ticket, and then can’t get to court to explain the circumstances — perhaps ... Read More
WVNG doctor bridging gap between veterans, medical practitioners
In a large lecture hall on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, West Virginia National Guard Col. Todd Fredricks greeted students with a smile of gratitude as they entered the room Nov. 2, 2017. As each chair in long line of ... Read More
Medical consultants and the VA weigh in on medical marijuana
New York is the latest state to join 27 others with providing PTSD patients with medical marijuana as a treatment option. For the last two years, dispensaries and alternative medicine clinics, in Oregon have been supplying medical ... Read More