Fort Harrison VA Medical Center Upgrades Health Care Infrastructure

These projects are part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve department health care facilities in fiscal year 2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program.

Fort Harrison improvement projects for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 are:

• Exterior stair replacement for building 141 at Fort Harrison
• Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) Infrastructure upgrades
• EHRM Training and Administration Space Support at Fort Harrison
• Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Sleeping Room’s smoke detectors
• Fort Harrison VA Medical Center Rooftop Fall Prevention measures 

“At the Montana VA, world-class healthcare for our Veterans is our goal, and these projects will help enable us to achieve just that,” said Montana VA Health Care System Acting Executive Director, Kim Adkins. “Improving our facility, equipment and infrastructure means better care for Montana Veterans, and these funds will help enable the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to achieve that goal.”

These infrastructure investments are part of a host of important initiatives to improve VA during the second Trump Administration. Since Jan. 20, 2025, VA has:

• Reduced the backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by 60%.
• Eliminated the backlog of Veteran families waiting for VA health care.
• Processed record numbers of disability claims, reaching an all-time fiscal-year high of three million claims processed Sept. 30.
• Opened 25 new health care clinics, expanding access for Vets around the country.
• Offered Veterans more than 1.9 million appointments outside of normal operating hours. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving Veterans more timely and convenient options for care.

For more information, contact Matthew Rosine at matthew.rosine@va.gov or . 

Montana VA serves over 49,000 enrolled Veterans across Montana—an area roughly 147,000 square miles in size. Veterans are cared for by a staff of 1,400 at 18 sites of care across the state.  One third of Montana VA employees are Veterans.    

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