Joint Commission accredits 176 VA programs in 2025

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that the Joint Commission, the nation’s most trusted quality and safety accrediting body for health care systems, accredited every VA program it examined in calendar year 2025.

The Joint Commission visited VA hospitals, behavioral health care and home care facilities, and ambulatory facilities last year. As a result of those visits, the standards body accredited all 176 VA programs that it assessed, a testament to VA’s commitment to providing safe and reliable care to the Veterans it serves.

Programs assessed and approved by the Joint Commission included an advanced virtual reality treatment system that helps Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, and new research into how to make VA medical centers work better for Veterans, families, caregivers and survivors.

The Joint Commission had fewer “requests for improvement” for VA compared to the national average and found VA programs made marked improvements from 2024 to 2025.

“These results are yet another example of how VA is improving for Veterans under President Trump’s leadership,” said VA Secretary Doug Collins. “VA is putting Veterans first, and that means improved access to care and benefits for every Veteran, family member, caregiver and survivor who walks through our doors.”

“Providing care to every individual, including those who have valiantly served our country, is a critically important responsibility and VA’s health system has consistently upheld high standards for patient safety and healthcare quality in the industry,” said President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Commission Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, Ph.D. “We recognize and applaud VA employees’ ongoing dedication and commitment to providing exceptional healthcare for our nation’s veteran community.”

The Trump Administration’s VA continues to deliver historic results, including:

• Expanded access to care: VA has opened 34 new VA health care facilities around the country, and in 2026 alone, more than 100,000 new Veterans have signed up for VA health care.
• More VA appointments than ever before: In FY2025, VA completed 82,083,918 direct care appointments, up 4.1% from FY2024.
• Flexible appointment scheduling: VA has offered Veterans more than 2.3 million appointments outside of normal operating hours to give them more timely and convenient options for care.
• Speedy access to benefits: VA has reduced the backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by 67% since Jan. 20, 2025, after it increased 24% during the Biden Administration.
• Modernized facilities: VA will spend nearly $5 billion in FY26 to modernize, repair and improve health care facilities, the largest non-recurring maintenance investment in VA’s history.
• Housing homeless Veterans: VA permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in FY2025, the highest total in seven years.