An Army veteran thought he knew the cause of his knee pain. Doctors found a rare cancer
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rayshaun Smith thought his knee pain was caused by his active lifestyle. It was an early sign of a rare ...
New OIG report details how Phoenix VA leaders 'failed', allowing a physician to continue practices that potentially put patients at risk
Delays of biopsies, communicating test results and entering specialty consults are among the issues the OIG found in their ...
Trump’s hiring freeze sparks staffing worries at key military, VA hospitals
It means some open jobs at the Audie Murphy VA Hospital and military hospitals such as Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical ...
Minneapolis VA to resume hiring after exemptions from Trump hiring freeze announced
The Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center was preparing Thursday to renew job offers for clinical and hospital roles that it had rescinded two days earlier as part of a federal hiring freeze. The ...
Coal Grove man arrested in VA parking lot
A man was arrested peacefully after he was found sleeping in the VA hospital parking lot in Huntington, West Virginia, after a nearly day long manhunt by police. According to a Coal Grove Police ...
Unclear how federal hiring freeze affects Hampton VA Medical Center
More than 300,000 Department of Veterans Affairs health care jobs are exempt from the White House’s federal hiring freeze, according to a department memo sent this week. Still, it remains unclear how ...
U.S. Sen. Blackburn wants to 'cut red tape' for veterans seeking care outside the VA
The legislation requires the VA to give patients information about eligibility, cost sharing, treatments and providers.
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VA exempts 300,000 health care positions from governmentwide hiring freeze
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.