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VA Health Care: Many Medical Facilities Have Challenges in ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... provide the majority of anesthesia care veterans receive in VA medical facilities. While the demand for CRNAs is anticipated to increase, many CRNAs employed by VA--VA CRNAs--are nearing retirement eligibility age. Concerns ...

VA Health Care: Recruitment and Retention Challenges and Efforts ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... anesthesia, provide the majority of anesthesia care in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. There are approximately 500 VA-employed CRNAs (VA CRNA) who provide care to veterans in VA medical facilities. While the demand for ...

VA Health Care: Improvements Made in Physician Privileging ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... GAO examined compliance with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) physician credentialing and privileging requirements at seven VA medical facilities GAO visited. VA's credentialing process is used to determine whether a physician's ...

Article: VA to provide health care for 'all' veterans in 1999
VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...SERVICE In a special VA briefing in September, VFW officials received some good news. VA Secretary Togo West announced that veterans in all of VA's seven priority categories will be eligible to receive health care in fiscal year 1999. It was ...

Article: VA Announces Record Budget, Health Care Changes.
PR Newswire;  January 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... budget for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care, the annual decision required ... health care enrollment and a new plan between VA and the Department of Health and Human Services ... veterans to use their Medicare benefits for VA care. The President's FY 2004 Budget ...

Article: VA states wrong wait times, report says
Charleston Gazette;  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... obtained by McClatchy Newspapers. While top VA officials told Congress earlier this year ... and could be revised. In a statement, VA spokesman Matt Smith said the department ... veterans are seen in a timely manner." The VA said it will visit facilities in need of ...

Article: VA s medical care system needs stable financial base; ...
The Washington Times;  November 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... handle the patient load. The White River VA complex in Vermont was rumored to have been ... delegation obtained additional funding for their VA hospital by including it in the Federal ... last month talked about how overburdened VA health-care facilities have been back ...