VA Press Room

The American Medical Association has recognized seven VA health care facilities for their work to reduce physician burnout.

VA awards more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for the expansion and improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries throughout the nation and one establishment grant for Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery.

VA announces intent to reorganize the management structure of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goals of improving health care for Veterans, empowering local hospital directors, eliminating duplicative layers of bureaucracy and ensuring consistent application of VA policies across all department medical facilities.

VA released a request for proposals for new community care contracts that will improve health care choice and quality for Veterans over the next decade.

Women Veterans can now schedule appointments directly with VA gynecology providers without a referral from a primary care provider.

VA has completely eliminated the backlog of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) applications, a major VA program that provides health care coverage to over 900,000 qualifying Veteran spouses, dependents, survivors, and caregivers.

VA relieves Veterans of more than $272 million in potential medical bills that accrued after the Biden Administration stopped certain copayment claims processing and collections in early 2023.

VA extends Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers eligibility for certain Veterans and their family caregivers through Sept. 30, 2028.

VA terminates a Biden-Administration mandate to spend $77 million on electric vehicle charging stations at VA facilities.

VA permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025.