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VA to Tackle Care for Long Covid
The Department of Veterans Affairs has just published "Whole Health System Approach to Long Covid," a holistic guidebook for the treatment of veterans suffering with long Covid.... — Updated 10/4/2022
Extension for Debt Hardship Relief Period
If you owe benefit debts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, your hardship relief period, previously set to expire on Sept. 30, has been extended to Dec. 31. Those types of... — Updated 9/27/2022
Homeless Veterans Still Need Help
Right about now the weather is cooling off. Or, if it hasn't, it soon will. Before we know it, hard winter will be upon us. As of this year, there are 38,000 homeless veterans who w... — Updated 9/20/2022
The VA OIG Strikes Again
I have the utmost respect for the VA Office of Inspector General and even more respect now. It appears they'll go after anyone breaking the law, bending the rules, doing wrong ...... — Updated 9/13/2022
Finding Employment in the Civilian World
If you’re a veteran or are just about to leave the service, one thing that might be on your mind is future employment in the civilian world. What are you going to do for work? How do you fill out an application when you don’t k... — Updated 9/6/2022
Veterans Service Organizations
If you're a veteran, are you in a veterans service organization? There are four groups, and while they differ in their origins, they all have the same goal: to help veterans. The... — Updated 8/30/2022
Veterans Service Organizations
If you're a veteran, are you in a veterans service organization? There are four groups, and while they differ in their origins, they all have the same goal: to help veterans. The... — Updated 8/23/2022
Could it be PTSD?
Do you ever wonder if you possibly have PTSD? The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a very short PTSD screening webpage designed to see whether any symptoms you have could... — Updated 8/9/2022
$240 Million Worth of Fraud
The owner of several construction companies has been nailed for fraud. His crime: Defrauding the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) program for the purpose of grabbing up government contracts that he wasn’t... — Updated 7/26/2022
Doing It on Your Own
The headline of this column could actually be "What to do when your local veterans group doesn't step up to help other veterans." Because, yeah, it happens. Mostly it's for... — Updated 7/19/2022
Caregiver Reassessments Paused
If you're a family caregiver, or if you're a veteran receiving family care services, heads up: The Department of Veterans Affairs is suspending the annual reassessments for those... — Updated 7/12/2022
New Covid Rules at VA Medical Facilities
The Department of Veterans Affairs has just instituted a three-tier safety program to keep veterans, visitors and staff safe from COVID at medical facilities. Starting in May the Ve... — Updated 7/5/2022
OIG Finds Lax Security at VA Mail Pharmacies
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General performed IT security inspections at two outpatient VA mail-order pharmacies to see if they were meeting federal secur... — Updated 6/28/2022
Step Up to Help Your Fellow Vets
What are you doing this summer? If you have spare hours or days, consider stepping up to help your fellow veterans. Stand Downs are a good place to start. Stand Downs were started... — Updated 6/21/2022
Homeless Vet Falls Through the Cracks
The Department of Veterans Affairs creates numerous programs to deal with homeless veteran populations - and this is all well and good. But it's the individual homeless vet who can... — Updated 6/14/2022
Most VA, DoD Health Records Aren't Accurate
It can be a big problem when you need medical care and the electronic health records sent from one provider to another contain inaccuracies. Unfortunately, a Department of Defense Inspector General audit showed this is happening... — Updated 6/7/2022
10-Foot Stack of Mail Sits Unopened at VA
Imagine a pile of mail heaped 10 feet high sitting unopened for 10 months. That's what was found in the basement of a rented Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Atlanta.... — Updated 5/31/2022
A Jumble of Wait Times for VA Medical Care
A recent audit by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General outlined what so many of us already knew -- that it's difficult to understand the wait times... — Updated 5/24/2022
The VA Releases Its Equity Action Plan
In response to Executive Order 13985, the Department of Veterans Affairs has now released its Equity Action Plan. The order, signed in January 2021, was intended to bring equity to... — Updated 5/17/2022
Second Chances for Incarcerated Veterans
We recently had Second Chance Month, courtesy of a presidential proclamation. Its goal was to “provide meaningful redemption and rehabilitation for formerly imprisoned persons.” It requires, per the proclamation, a holistic... — Updated 5/10/2022
Can VA Puppy Program Help Combat PTSD?
The Department of Veterans Affairs has published its plan for starting up a pilot program for the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act. In the PAWS Act, the VA will do a five-year pilot program to... — Updated 4/26/2022
More VA Scammers Nabbed by OIG
The Department of Veterans Affairs investigative arm has been busy. Thanks to the VA's Office of Inspector General, a group of Georgia men have been convicted of stealing monthly... — Updated 4/19/2022
Patient Surveys Show VA Hospitals Improving
In the latest Medicare Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems patient survey, the Department of Veterans Affairs outperformed community hospitals in 10 of... — Updated 4/13/2022
The Stress of IBD
Coming on the heels of a stressful two years of pandemic, the Department of Veterans Affairs has aligned with a website dedicated to those who suffer from stress-related... — Updated 4/5/2022
Contaminated Drinking Water at U.S. Bases
We've known for years about the dry-cleaning chemicals and leaking fuel tanks contaminating the water at Camp Lejeune. It went on for decades (1953-1987) with multiple generations... — Updated 3/29/2022
