The Veterans Affairs Department is shopping to replace an electronic appointments scheduling system that was manipulated by staff at dozens of VA hospitals to conceal the fact facilities were not ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fake appointments, unofficial logs kept on the sly and appointments made without telling the patient are among tricks used to disguise delays in seeing and treating veterans at ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said new technology now operating nationwide could significantly reduce the time it takes for veterans to schedule health care appointments ...

The former Army medic sat, staring at his computer screen, waiting for a VA therapist to hop on the video call. He had spent months trying to get the appointment, months of his wife pushing him to get ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General released a report summary this week that said a veteran seeking care at the VA in San Diego had his appointments canceled four times, which drove ...

The entrance to the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Florida is shown in August 2010. (VA photo) Veterans Affairs officials will look at including patients’ access to telehealth services as part ...

WASHINGTON — James McCormick, an Iraq War veteran, waited 11 months to see an eye doctor at the Huntington VA Medical Center in West Virginia after booking an appointment for his annual checkup in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay private sector doctors for care outside the government network if a veteran waits longer than 20 days for a primary ...

Army veteran John Polk has been a volunteer driver for 10 years with Disabled American Veterans, giving veterans in Wisconsin rides to doctor appointments at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center and other ...