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Read about what's happening in our VA Eastern Oklahoma health care community.
VA to hold Virtual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Listening Sessions Sept. 28 & Sept. 30
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is conducting virtual diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) listening sessions for Veterans through September in support of Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government.
Eastern Oklahoma VA to hold Telephone Town Hall for OEF/OIF/OND Veterans
The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System will host a Telephone Town Hall to engage with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) & Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans on Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Former Muskogee VA volunteer & Korean Veteran soaring high
In 1958, 17 year-old Tom Cotton deployed to Korea with the U.S. Army's 13th Engineering Combat Battalion. The battalion's primary mission was finding mines left over from the Korean War and destroying them.
VA to hold drive-thru Caregiver Resource Fairs
The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System invites Veteran caregivers to attend upcoming resource fairs in Tulsa and Muskogee.
Almost 44% of our Veterans are Fully Vaccinated
Since receiving COVID-19 vaccination in December 2020, the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System has administered 29,785 COVID-19 vaccine shots to Veterans. A total of 15,002 Veterans are fully vaccinated which amounts to 43.51%.
Virtual Veteran listening sessions scheduled for Aug. 26
The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS) will hold virtual listening sessions on Aug. 26 to hear from Veterans and the communities it serves.
Veterans can submit travel pay requests online
Veterans, caregivers, and beneficiaries who are eligible for reimbursement of mileage and other travel expenses to and from approved health care appointments, can submit claims online in the new Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System (BTSSS).
Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic, Audiology Clinic in Tulsa have moved
On July 19, the new Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic, located at 8921 South Mingo Road. in Tulsa, opened its doors for Veterans in Eastern Oklahoma. The clinic located at 9322 East 41st Street is no longer seeing patients.
Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System resumes Million Veteran Program
The Million Veteran Program (MVP): A Partnership with Veterans has re-opened for in-person recruitment and enrollment activities at the Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center.
New Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic Opens in Tulsa
On July 19, the new 180,000 square foot Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic, located at 8921 South Mingo Road in Tulsa, opened its doors for Veterans in Eastern Oklahoma. The clinic replaced the Tulsa clinic at 9322 East 41st Street.
