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Injured warriors’ TBI may worsen with rapid air evacuations
An Air Force-funded study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is raising questions about the safety of transporting troops by air if they sustain head injuries on the battlefield.
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Veterans have 9/11-linked diseases, advocacy groups say
Burn Pits 360 says that chemicals released during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are the same as those as those encountered by troops exposed to burn pits and other environmental toxins in the Middle East.
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Groups demand information on Camp Lejeune disability claims
But since a third-party review program was introduced in 2012, claim approvals have dropped from 25 percent to 8 percent,.
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Bush to hold brain injury forum prior to Invictus Games
Former President George W. Bush will host a symposium on traumatic brain injury and combat-related mental health conditions just before the Invictus Games sports competition scheduled for May in Orlando, Florida.
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Medical readiness, access are top health reform priorities, advocates say
Any overhaul of the military health system must preserve U.S. forces’ ability to treat combat casualties and improve access to care, advocacy groups told members of Congress on Thursday.
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VA health consolidation plan faces skeptical senators
Lawmakers and veterans groups raised concerns Wednesday over the Veterans Affairs Department’s ability to implement a consolidation plan for its community care programs, citing past failures andcurrent failures by the department to execute initiative
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HASC panel to focus on military health care
The House Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel will fire the opening salvo in a yearlong effort to reform military healthcare on Thursday with a hearing on the state of the current system.
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Tricare to change autism therapy reimbursement rates
Tricare is changing its autism therapy reimbursement rates to better align them with commercial insurance rates and Medicaid, Defense Department officials said Tuesday.
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VA Choice program expands eligibility
The Veterans Affairs Department has announced new eligibility criteria for the Veterans Choice Program that should allow more veterans to access private health services closer to home.
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Credit for medics: Which colleges are giving it a shot
Hundreds of student veterans are working their way through accelerated programs for corpsmen or medics to become registered nurses.
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Injured warriors’ TBI may worsen with rapid air evacuations
An Air Force-funded study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is raising questions about the safety of transporting troops by air if they sustain head injuries on the battlefield.
-
Veterans have 9/11-linked diseases, advocacy groups say
Burn Pits 360 says that chemicals released during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are the same as those as those encountered by troops exposed to burn pits and other environmental toxins in the Middle East.
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Groups demand information on Camp Lejeune disability claims
But since a third-party review program was introduced in 2012, claim approvals have dropped from 25 percent to 8 percent,.
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Bush to hold brain injury forum prior to Invictus Games
Former President George W. Bush will host a symposium on traumatic brain injury and combat-related mental health conditions just before the Invictus Games sports competition scheduled for May in Orlando, Florida.
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Medical readiness, access are top health reform priorities, advocates say
Any overhaul of the military health system must preserve U.S. forces’ ability to treat combat casualties and improve access to care, advocacy groups told members of Congress on Thursday.
-
VA health consolidation plan faces skeptical senators
Lawmakers and veterans groups raised concerns Wednesday over the Veterans Affairs Department’s ability to implement a consolidation plan for its community care programs, citing past failures andcurrent failures by the department to execute initiative
-
HASC panel to focus on military health care
The House Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel will fire the opening salvo in a yearlong effort to reform military healthcare on Thursday with a hearing on the state of the current system.
-
Tricare to change autism therapy reimbursement rates
Tricare is changing its autism therapy reimbursement rates to better align them with commercial insurance rates and Medicaid, Defense Department officials said Tuesday.
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VA Choice program expands eligibility
The Veterans Affairs Department has announced new eligibility criteria for the Veterans Choice Program that should allow more veterans to access private health services closer to home.
-
Credit for medics: Which colleges are giving it a shot
Hundreds of student veterans are working their way through accelerated programs for corpsmen or medics to become registered nurses.
-
Injured warriors’ TBI may worsen with rapid air evacuations
An Air Force-funded study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is raising questions about the safety of transporting troops by air if they sustain head injuries on the battlefield.
-
Veterans have 9/11-linked diseases, advocacy groups say
Burn Pits 360 says that chemicals released during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are the same as those as those encountered by troops exposed to burn pits and other environmental toxins in the Middle East.
-
Groups demand information on Camp Lejeune disability claims
But since a third-party review program was introduced in 2012, claim approvals have dropped from 25 percent to 8 percent,.
-
Bush to hold brain injury forum prior to Invictus Games
Former President George W. Bush will host a symposium on traumatic brain injury and combat-related mental health conditions just before the Invictus Games sports competition scheduled for May in Orlando, Florida.
-
Medical readiness, access are top health reform priorities, advocates say
Any overhaul of the military health system must preserve U.S. forces’ ability to treat combat casualties and improve access to care, advocacy groups told members of Congress on Thursday.
-
VA health consolidation plan faces skeptical senators
Lawmakers and veterans groups raised concerns Wednesday over the Veterans Affairs Department’s ability to implement a consolidation plan for its community care programs, citing past failures andcurrent failures by the department to execute initiative
-
HASC panel to focus on military health care
The House Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel will fire the opening salvo in a yearlong effort to reform military healthcare on Thursday with a hearing on the state of the current system.
-
Tricare to change autism therapy reimbursement rates
Tricare is changing its autism therapy reimbursement rates to better align them with commercial insurance rates and Medicaid, Defense Department officials said Tuesday.
-
VA Choice program expands eligibility
The Veterans Affairs Department has announced new eligibility criteria for the Veterans Choice Program that should allow more veterans to access private health services closer to home.
-
Credit for medics: Which colleges are giving it a shot
Hundreds of student veterans are working their way through accelerated programs for corpsmen or medics to become registered nurses.













