VA Turns to 'Hackathons' to Solve Health Care Challenges A series of "hackathons" aims to bring creative solutions to VA health care services.
Lawmakers Push for Quick Fix for Veterans Wrongly Billed for $53M in Emergency Care More than 30 lawmakers from both parties pressed VA Secretary Robert Wilkie for a solution.
Thousands of Vets May Have Wrongly Been Billed for Emergency Care The VA Inspector General estimates over 17,000 veterans were negatively affected.
VA Claims Progress on Health Records System, But Can’t Account for Money Spent The GAO believes the cost for the VA's health records system is greater than estimated.
VA Has Signed Up 5,000 Urgent Care Providers Nationwide Since Mission Act It's still looking for 2,000 more to fill gaps in coverage.
Veterans Win with Trump Administration's MISSION Act Reforms "The MISSION Act reflects the president's vision that veterans need to be at the center of their health care decisions."
5 Years After Nationwide Scandal, VA Still Struggles to Track Wait Times The department says a new system due in 2021 will solve many of its issues.
Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer Launches GoFundMe for PTSD Treatment The Marine veteran launched the GoFundMe.com effort on July 9 to promote the stellate ganglion block treatment.
Federal Cannabis Policies Are Hurting Veterans. Here's How to Fix Them Veterans face a number of challenging issues on the cannabis front, thanks to outdated federal laws and regulations.
VA Announces Delay in Processing Blue Water Vietnam Veterans' Claims A veterans' legal organization has written VA Secretary Robert Wilkie protesting the stay and asking him to reconsider.
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
![The Veterans Health Administration is participating in a series of problem-solving “hackathon" sessions, like the one seen here, to address its biggest health care challenges. (Image: va.gov)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-08/va-hackathon-900.jpg?itok=svYeiyuF "The Veterans Health Administration is participating in a series of problem-solving “hackathon" sessions, like the one seen here, to address its biggest health care challenges. (Image: va.gov)")
