WASHINGTON — The Veterans Community Care Program was established to help veterans secure appointments with outside providers when they can't receive care from a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ...

Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care program in 30 specialties will not have to get reauthorization from the VA for a year under a new policy announced by the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has transferred nearly $2 billion in funding for its health care system to pay for care from private providers, the agency told CNN. The reallocation represents a ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched the Community Care Program after the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act was signed into law in ...

WASHINGTON — Professional caregivers and veterans groups argued over the merits of private medical care versus care at the Department of Veterans Affairs during an emotional House Veterans’ Affairs ...

The Committee concurs with the IG and GAO regarding the long history of challenges with regard to VA community care programs. The Committee also concurs with VA's assessment about the need to ...

Four months after a crippling cyberattack on a company that manages prescription processing and community provider payments for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA continues to address the ...

Nine months after federal regulators revealed VA Loma Linda failed to oversee a company that encountered serious staffing shortages after assuming management of five outpatient clinics, the health ...

Before the change, which went into effect Monday, VA community care specialty referrals were reevaluated every 90 to 180 days, according to the department. Physicians are in short supply. They are ...