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News releases for VA Loma Linda health care.

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Hosts VA2K Walk & Roll May 15 and 16

March 18, 2024

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is hosting a VA2K Walk & Roll to support homeless Veterans and promote healthy lifestyles May 15 at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and May 16 at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) in Redlands from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Opens Hemet VA Clinic

March 14, 2024

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System’s (VALLHS) Hemet VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), located at 720 E. Latham Ave., Hemet, California 92543, is scheduled to open on March 18.

All Veterans exposed to toxins and other hazards during military service – at home or abroad – will be eligible for VA health care beginning March 5

March 04, 2024

WASHINGTON — Today, VA announced that all Veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving in the military – at home or abroad – will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care beginning March 5, 2024.

VA Loma Linda Launches TeleCritical Care Capability

February 16, 2024

Veterans receiving intensive inpatient care at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System now have access to expanded critical care capabilities thanks to a new telehealth initiative.

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System holds renaming ceremony for Sy Kaplan VA Clinic in Palm Desert

November 29, 2023

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Medical Center Director Karandeep Sraon, with Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25) and the Office of Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41), invite Veterans and their families, caregivers, and the community to a VA Clinic renaming

VA Loma Linda Hosts Veterans Day and U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Celebrations

November 20, 2023

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System hosted a Veterans Day celebration and U.S. Marine Corps birthday observance at the Ambulatory Care Center Nov. 9.

VA Loma Linda Caregiver Support Program Resource Fair

November 14, 2023

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System’s Caregiver Support Program (CSP) is hosting their fourth annual Caregiver and Family Resource Fair November 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ambulatory Care Center at 26001 Redlands Blvd., Redlands, CA 92373, conference room 1C-118.

The Next PACT Act Deadline: Health Care Enrollment for California Veterans who deployed to Combat Zones

September 05, 2023

Until 11:59 p.m. local time on September 30, 2023, Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care, and left active duty between September 11, 2001 and October 1, 2013 are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care.

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Imaging Service Earns Gold Seal of Accreditation

August 25, 2023

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHS) Imaging Service was awarded the coveted Gold Seal of Accreditation in CT, MRI, Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, and Biopsy by the American College of Radiology (ACR), Aug. 11.

VA extends deadline Through Monday for Veterans and survivors to apply for PACT Act benefits backdated to August 10, 2022

August 10, 2023

Today, VA announced that Veterans and survivors who apply (or submit their intent to file) for PACT Act benefits by 11:59 PM ET on Monday, August 14, 2023 will be eligible to have their benefits backdated to August 10, 2022 – the day that President Biden signed the PACT Act into law.