Healthcare Benefits & Programs Update

VA testing mobile app to allow Veterans to schedule their own health care appointments
05/17/2017 11:16 AM PDT
VA recently implemented a mobile Veterans appointment request application at 99 sites across the country to further modernize its systems and give Veterans more scheduling choices.

#ExploreVA Facebook live event to discuss VA life insurance choices
05/17/2017 10:31 AM PDT
On May 25, join VA and Got Your 6 for a Facebook Live event discussing VA life insurance. It can often be difficult or expensive for Veterans with service-connected disabilities to get life insurance from a private company.

Women Veterans: Help for Postpartum Depression
05/16/2017 07:00 AM PDT
The birth of a baby is a life-changing event that can trigger all kinds of emotions from happiness and joy to jitters and fear.  It can also lead to something you might not expect — postpartum depression.

‘Telehealth’ can save patients from follow-up doctor visits
05/14/2017 11:22 PM PDT
Telehealth, using technology such as smartphones, tablets and videoconferencing to track medical conditions and talk with health care providers, is touted as the wave of the future.

Veterans Town Hall Meeting In North Bend
05/13/2017 11:21 AM PDT
For all veterans, their family members and stakeholders: The Roseburg VA Healthcare System has scheduled a Town Hall in North Bend on Thursday, May 18th.

Military Background Inspires Student’s Project to Serve Veterans
05/12/2017 10:29 AM PDT
As one of the few African-American females to serve in the U.S. Marines, Pacific University public health major Irisa Grimes ’17 is acutely aware of both the inherent and overt challenges minority populations face.

Attention Veterans: Imposter phone line attempting to access credit card information from Choice Program users
05/11/2017 07:22 AM PDT
VA is taking action in response to a phone line that appears to be set up to take advantage of Veterans who misdial the Veterans Choice Program phone line.

VA’s rule establishes a presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune
03/14/2017 10:51 AM PDT
VA regulations to establish presumptions for the service connection of eight diseases associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Four things Veterans and others should know about chronic kidney disease
03/28/2017 06:37 AM PDT
When it comes to health awareness campaigns, why should hearts get all the love? March is National Kidney month, and the perfect time for anyone with diabetes, hypertension or a family history of kidney disease to speak with their provider about getting tested.

Million Veteran Program aims to revolutionize genomic research with the help of Veterans
03/27/2017 05:11 AM PDT
VA is leading the way in genomic medicine, the study of DNA to learn about health and diseases. The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is VA’s ambitious initiative to advance genomic research.

Vets Crisis Line has been repaired
03/26/2017 02:56 PM PDT
The Veterans Crisis Line has been fixed, according to a recent press release by the Department of Veterans Affairs. By adding a call center in Atlanta, and taking other steps, the VA claims it has reduced the number of callers transferred to non-VA providers from 30 percent to less than 1 percent.