News releases

Chiropractors and chiropractic residents at the Fort Dodge Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Iowa are making a big difference in Veteran care.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is pleased to announce that effective April 3, 2023, Mr. Kurt Thielen as the Interim Director of the VA Central Iowa Health Care System while recruitment for a permanent Director is completed.

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Food Service Section Chief, Erin Bouslaugh, VA Central Iowa Medical Center, has earned the award for Excellence in Food Service Leadership through VA Nutrition and Food Services Central Office, March 15, 2023.

A delegation of Ukrainian medical professionals, selected through a partnership of the Congressional Office for International Leadership and the Iowa International Center, visited the VA Central Iowa Medical Center Wednesday.

Veterans experiencing homelessness in Central Iowa are finding permanent housing solutions at a higher success rate than anticipated and also higher than the national average.

Central Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the City of Des Moines have been selected to host the 2023 National Veterans Golden Age Games May 20 to 25, 2023, at various venues around Iowa’s capital city region.

Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager at the Central Iowa VA Health Care System Katie Lunning will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross January 7 marking only the second time the honor has been given to a nurse.

Veterans Affairs Central Iowa is working to streamline the onboarding process by hosting an Onboarding Surge Event designed to allow incoming employees who have received a tentative job offer access to all requirements for employment at one place and one time.

A total of 732 Veterans, caregivers and family members received information or got their annual flu shots or both as they drove through the third annual Drive Through Shot Clinic and Resource Fair.

In response to the ongoing affordable housing crisis, the VA Central Iowa Healthcare System is encouraging local landlords to support its homeless Veterans program, which provides rental subsidies and landlord support for approximately 165 Veterans and their families in the Des Moines area.