The Department of Veterans Affairs has built a nationwide network of walk-in community providers for urgent care of minor ailments such as colds, strep throat or sprained ankles. It's now looking to recruit more clinics to plug gaps in coverage. As of late July, the new urgent care system had more than 5,000 participating local providers brought on board by the TriWest Healthcare Alliance, and the VA wants 2,000 more, Dr. Kameron Matthews, the VA's deputy under secretary of Health for Community Care, said in an interview July 31. She described the urgent care network as the result of one of the "lesser-known provisions" of the Mission Act, which went into effect June 6 to replace the troubled Choice program, with the intent of streamlining and expanding access for veterans to private-sector care. Read more on Military.com.