About us
The Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans and their families every day.
About the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System
The Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) provides Veterans with outstanding health care, trains America’s future health care providers, and works with the community to provide resources and support for Veterans and their families.
Health Care and Services
We provide you with health care services at 12 locations in northern Arizona. Facilities include our Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescott and 11 community-based outpatient clinics in Anthem, Chinle, Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Holbrook, Kayenta, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Page, Polacca, and Tuba City. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Northern Arizona health services page.
The VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Desert Pacific Network. We’re an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN 22). VISN 22 includes medical centers and clinics in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Teaching and Learning
Our Bob Stump VA Medical Center is a teaching hospital that provides a full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. We provide professional training in most major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.
We have strong academic affiliations with several leading educational institutions.
We’re proud of our partnerships with top institutions and organizations that support the educational mission of the VA.
Fast Facts
- The Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System (NAVAHCS) serves the health care needs of more than 34,000 Veterans spanning across more than 65,000 square miles of northern Arizona.
- NAVAHCS has maintained a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since the rating system started including VA hospitals in the annual national review in 2023. The review uses five categories - mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care - to award a 1-star to 5-star rating for each hospital.
- Our main hospital is named for Bob Stump, who was a combat Veteran in World War II on the USS Tulagi. Stump represented Arizona’s 3rd Congressional district from 1977 to 2003, and was chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the House Armed Services Committee.
- Bob Stump VA Medical Center includes an 85-bed community living center, a 15-bed unit for acute care, and a 120-bed domiciliary that is part of our Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program.
- NAVAHCS maintains active social media accounts on Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram.
Accreditations
Our facilities and programs have received accreditation from the:
Joint Commission
Long Term Care (LTC) Survey
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)