(October 18, 2007) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today agreed with a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report finding exposure-based therapies for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be effective.
The report released today by the IOM Committee on Treatment of PTSD concluded among its key findings that exposure-based therapies such as prolonged […]
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(October 18, 2007) As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) marks the 20th anniversary of its homeless program, VA has awarded 46 grants worth over $16 million to public and private non-profit groups to assist homeless veterans.
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Humana Veterans Healthcare Services Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in the department’s Project HERO program.
Project HERO, or Health Care Effectiveness through Resource Optimization, was launched earlier this year “to reduce VA contract costs while improving access, accountability, care coordination, patient satisfaction and clinical quality” of […]
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Harvard Medical School Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Find Sharp Increase in Uninsured Veterans Since 2000: Nearly 6 Million Uninsured Americans are Veterans or Families of Veterans
Of the 47 million uninsured Americans, one in every eight (12.2 percent) is a veteran or member of a veteran’s household, according to a study by physicians from Cambridge […]
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(Nov 3, 2007) Senator Patty Murray urged President George W. Bush to approve legislation he has threatened to veto that would pay for veterans’ programs including treatment for war wounds and mental health.
Democratic lawmakers, ignoring the president’s veto threat, plan to send a $750 billion appropriations bill next week to the White House that will […]
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