Veterans Affairs Committee

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States:

• The VHA healthcare system has an annual budget of approximately $68 billion.
• VHA oversees the delivery of care to more than 9 million enrolled veterans.
• VHA employs more than 371,000 healthcare professionals and support staff at 1,298 healthcare facilities, including 171 VA Medical Centers and 1,113 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics).

The VHA is the nation's largest provider of graduate medical education:

• $1.78 billion in direct fiscal support.
• 11,000 full-time positions with over 43,000 residents trained at VA facilities.
• 113,000 health profession trainees.
• A major contributor to medical and scientific research.
• Nearly 16,000 affiliated medical faculty are an integral part of the VHA community.

Advocacy

ACR® persuaded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to abandon a proposal that would have allowed advanced practice nurses and certified nurse practitioners to interpret advanced medical imaging studies.

Community

ACR provides a forum through which VA radiologists connect with a network of 37,000 radiology colleagues to exchange knowledge and share solutions. VAROCKS is a VA radiologist-focused discussion forum on Engage. 

Education

ACR provides discounts to VA radiologists for continuing medical education at the ACR Education Center, Radiology Leadership Institute® and the case image review opportunity called Continuous Professional Improvement.

MRI Online

The ACR Veterans Affairs Committee was successful in securing preferred pricing for VA radiologists through MRI Online/Medality.

Leadership

Explore ACR opportunities for VA radiologists to serve on committees in operational and specialty areas and pursue leadership training. 

Innovation

The VHA Innovators Network (iNET) within the VHA Innovation Ecosystem launched in 2015 to build and empower a community of VHA employees who actively move VA forward using innovation to better serve veterans and their families.

Partnership

In support of increasing access to cancer screenings, the VA-PALS (Partnership to Increase Access to Lung Screening) was formed to increase the veterans’ access to lung screening.