News releases

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced it delivered more care and more benefits to more Veterans than ever before in fiscal year 2024 — including to Veterans, their families, and their survivors in Nebraska and Iowa.

OMAHA, Neb. — Northeastern Nebraska Veterans, family members and survivors will have the opportunity to learn more about the new "Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.”

OMAHA, Neb. – VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System’s Shenandoah, Iowa, VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) will host a two-hour open house on Saturday, June 15, 2024, beginning at 11 a.m.

OMAHA, Neb. — Central and Western Nebraska Veterans, family members and survivors will have the opportunity to learn more about the new "Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act,” file new or check on existing claims.

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska Veterans, family members and survivors will have the opportunity to learn more about the new "Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act,” file new or check on existing claims.

Eleven local Veterans placed nationally in the recent 2023 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition, with six local Veterans placing first in their respective divisions.

OMAHA— As part of VA’s nationwide homelessness goals for 2023, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (VA NWIHCS) assisted in finding permanent housing 301 homeless Veterans in 2023.

To date, the Department of Veterans Affairs Midwest Health Care Network's COVID Attrition and Trigger-Based Care for High-Risk Veterans (CATCH) program has helped more than 1,900 Veterans in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska reconnect with their local VA primary care teams.

PAPILLION, Neb. – VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System will host a VA Employment Fair at the newly-opened Papillion VA Community Living Center, Sept. 28, from 3-6 p.m.

VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System’s Omaha VA Medical Center announced today that it has received a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This is the first time CMS has included VA facilities in their annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.