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• VHA tells facilities to implement most PACT Act workforce authorities by year’s end

  The VA is setting a systemwide goal to have every network using at least half of PACT Act hiring authorities implemented by the end of the year.

  Hiring/Retention

  May 22, 2023
• VHA already meeting year-end target to grow its health care workforce

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is already meeting one of its goals to grow its health care workforce by the end of the fiscal year, and remains on track to meet its other hiring targets.

  Hiring/Retention

  April 25, 2023
• VA’s new EHR ‘not ready’ for next go-live, extending pause in rollouts

  The Department of Veterans Affairs’ latest pause in the rollout of its new Electronic Health Record will last longer expected.

  Veterans Affairs

  April 06, 2023
• VHA shrinks its time-to-hire for the first time in FY 2023 amid record hiring

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is on track to exceed its hiring goals for its health care workforce fiscal 2023, but is also speeding up the time it takes to fill vacant positions.

  Veterans Affairs

  March 20, 2023
• VA EHR linked to veterans ‘fatally harmed,’ senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

  VA is telling Congress it understands what went wrong in previous deployments of its new Electronic Health Record, and is confident short-term fixes will allow the agency to resume the project.

  Veterans Affairs

  March 16, 2023
• VHA directs medical facilities to address ‘unique bottlenecks’ in hiring nationwide

  The Department of Veterans Affairs sees progress on its hiring goals, as well as decreased attrition, as positive signs that it will be able to retain the health care workforce it needs to handle a surge of new patients.

  Veterans Affairs

  February 21, 2023
• VA on-track to hire 52K health care workers in FY 2023 to handle more vets seeking care

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is more than halfway to meeting its hiring goal for health care workers this fiscal year, and ahead of schedule to achieve its workforce goals this fall.

  Veterans Affairs

  January 26, 2023
• Senators seek to raise VA doctor pay caps to boost agency’s hiring efforts

  The VA CAREERS Act would set higher base pay caps for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists and dentists as the Veterans Affairs Department looks to grow its health care workforce.

  Pay & Benefits

  January 25, 2023
• A detailed look at the PACT Act, the MISSION Act and what else is ahead for the biggest civilian agency with VA’s undersecretary for health

  Veterans Affairs has never been a static organization. In recent years, legislation has added external practitioners to augment health care available in VA's own facilities.

  Veterans Affairs

  December 29, 2022
• VA looks to build on pandemic lessons learned to fast-track hiring, onboarding

  Current and former VA officials say the agenyc needs to keep streamlining the way it hires and onboards for health care workers amid a nationwide shortage.

  Veterans Affairs

  December 14, 2022
• VA ‘Infrastructure 2.0’ plan in works to expand network of health care facilities

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a plan to expand its network of healthcare facilities across the country and improve the infrastructure of some of its existing facilities.

  Veterans Affairs

  December 13, 2022
• VA embarks on year-end push to implement workforce elements of PACT Act

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is embarking on a year-end push to implement all the workforce provisions of the recently passed PACT Act as the agency prepares for a historic expansion of VA benefits and care.

  Veterans Affairs

  November 25, 2022
• VHA nearly doubles goal of onboarding health care workers during ‘surge’ event

  The Veterans Health Administration, eager to hire more in-demand health care workers, is accelerating the process of bringing prospective hires onboard.

  Hiring/Retention

  November 23, 2022
• VA holding ‘all hands on deck’ event to onboard critically needed hires more quickly

  The Veterans Health Administration will hold a national onboarding surge event in November to get candidates who have already accepted job offers to start work sooner.

  Veterans Affairs

  October 19, 2022