VA’s life insurance program received a strong customer satisfaction score of 81 on a scale of 100 from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent survey that scores customer satisfaction for more than 300 private companies and federal and local government agencies.
VA Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald, three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar and former NFL player and Super Bowl champion Phil Villapiano have pledged to donate their brains to advance brain research.
“VA is uniquely positioned to contribute to the care of Veterans with traumatic brain injury,” said VA Secretary Bob McDonald.
MyVA is the framework for modernizing our culture, processes and capabilities – combining functions, simplifying operations, providing Veterans a world-class, customer-focused, Veteran-centered enterprise.
Five new members were recently appointed to the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, an expert panel that advises VA’s secretary on issues and programs impacting women Veterans.
VA's top health care official today announced progress and new steps VA is taking to improve Veterans access to health care.
An $8.9 million grant from the VA funded the new Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Marana, Arizona.
“We are proud to be a part of the 100 Million Healthier Lives effort,” said VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald. “Veterans benefit when they have government working collaboratively with their state and local governments along with community and non-profit organizations. We are happy to do everything that we can to help reach the goal of a healthy lifestyle for our Veterans by 2020, if not before.”
“Big data” in health care is a term used to describe complex and very large data sets that have evolved since the inception of electronic health records. VA now has over one-billion data points available to assess Veteran health.
VA announced that it has amended its enrollment regulations to allow Veterans to complete applications for enrollment in VA health care by telephone without the need for a signed paper application.
Veterans can now work directly with VA to resolve debt collection issues resulting from inappropriate or delayed Choice Program billing.
Expanded funding now allows VA to provide increased hepatitis C drug therapy at VA facilities nationwide
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