The goal of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is "to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. The VA has reformed their department internally and is striving for high quality, prompt and seamless service to veterans. The VA's employees continue to offer their dedication and commitment to help veterans get the services they have earned. Our nation's veterans deserve no less."
Veterans Health Administration - With 157 hospitals nationwide, VHA manages one of the largest health care systems in the United States. VAMCs within a Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) work together to provide efficient, accessible health care to veterans in their areas. The VHA also conducts research and education, and provides emergency medical preparedness.
Veterans Benefits Administration - VBA provides benefits and services to the veteran population through 58 VA regional offices. Some of the benefits and services provided by VBA to veterans and their dependents include compensation and pension, education, loan guaranty, and insurance.
Center for Women Veterans - The mission of the Center for Women Veterans is to ensure women veterans have access to VA benefits and services, to ensure that VA health care and benefits programs are responsive to the gender-specific needs of women veterans, to perform outreach to improve women veterans awareness of VA services, benefits and eligibility, and to act as the primary advisor to the Secretary for Veterans Affairs on all matters related to programs, issues, and initiatives for and affecting women veterans.
The mission of the Veterans Healthcare Administration is to serve the needs of America's veterans by providing primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. To accomplish this mission, VHA needs to be a comprehensive, integrated healthcare system that provides excellence in health care value, excellence in service as defined by its customers, and excellence in education and research, and needs to be an organization characterized by exceptional accountability and by being an employer of choice.
