June 30, 2014, White House Press Office - President Obama met with Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson and Rob Nabors to receive an update on efforts to improve care for veterans through the VA health care system. They reported to the President on VA’s progress in implementing reforms and briefed him on the separate site visits they made to a dozen VA … [Read more...]

June 26, 2014, WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that it is making renewed funding available to 25 organizations in 11 states that provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless Veterans with special needs. The Grant and Per Diem Program (GPD) Special Need Grants – totaling $5 million to grantees – will allow … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2014 - The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledges systemic issues of timeliness in providing veterans with health care and is committed to fixing unacceptable patient scheduling practices, a senior VA official told Congress yesterday. Dr. Thomas Lynch, assistant deputy undersecretary for health for clinical operations, Veterans Health … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 - Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan D. Gibson today directed all of the department’s medical center and health care system directors to conduct monthly in-person reviews of scheduling practices in every clinic within their jurisdiction. Site inspections will include observing daily scheduling processes and interacting with scheduling … [Read more...]