VA Chaplain Telehealth Support

August 15, 2017 Enrolling a Veteran and/or family members is as simple as asking a VA provider to enter a Chaplain CVT Telehealth Consult request or calling the VA Chaplain Service directly at 423-926-1171, ext. 2485. The after-hours and weekend On-Call Chaplain is available by calling 423-926-117 ext. 7508 after 4:00PM.   

VA Primary Care Patient Information Booklet Available NOW!

June 22, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee The Mountain Home VAMC and all of their clinic now have a primary care patient information booklet available to all veterans.  The booklets are being distributed during the orientation for new veterans, however, very few current veterans were aware of the booklet until Freddie Owens discovered the booklet from his …

Access & Quality in VA Health Care

04/12/2017 02:03 PM EDT VA Makes Wait Times for Patients Transparent for Veterans: New online tool is first of its kind WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking unprecedented steps to increase transparency.  Today, VA launched a new Access and Quality Tool that provides Veterans with an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand way of accessing…

Military Chaplain Association Weekly Newsgram

Weekly Newsgram – March 29th, 2017 When War Comes Home Boot Camp Last year the MCA received the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation (VMFC) program from the CareForTheTroops organization. This program is a ground -up initiative to assist congregations and other communities of faith in becoming intentionally “friendly” for veterans, actively serving military, and all their families.…