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  • New technology helps VA answer the call for Veteran families in need

    New technology helps VA answer the call for Veteran families in need

    VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and Office of Information and Technology (OIT) are partnering on a four-pronged infrastructure modernization effort—one of which is upgrading the telephony that underlies NCA’s telephone systems.

  • Helping Veterans choose health care providers is all about transparency

    Helping Veterans choose health care providers is all about transparency

    VA is eliminating the star ratings system starting in 2020. Veterans need to be able to compare VA facilities with other local facilities where they live, not other VA hospitals across the country.

  • VA extends record of transparency with first-ever posting of annual nursing home ratings

    VA extends record of transparency with first-ever posting of annual nursing home ratings

    The overall star rating of VA’s nursing homes compared to 15,487 private sector nursing homes rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that VA has 31.4 percent less one-star, or lowest rated, facilities than the rest of the nation.

  • Modernizing VA to better serve Veterans

    Modernizing VA to better serve Veterans

    At VA, delivering a consistently positive experience for both our [...]

  • Advancing our culture of accountability in Veteran care

    Advancing our culture of accountability in Veteran care

    At VA, we believe that Veterans and all American citizens [...]

  • Transparency has never been clearer: What is it like to work at VA?

    Transparency has never been clearer: What is it like to work at VA?

    Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn about a [...]

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