A few items from VA’s newsroom this week:
New EHR rollout (Oct 26) — VA deployed its new electronic health record system to the VA hospitals in Cleveland and Anchorage, continuing the department’s EHR modernization. Press release
300K+ new enrollees (Oct 21) — More than 300,000 new Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare in 2026, which VA credits to the Dole Act and its enrollment-expansion reforms. If you’ve been on the fence about enrolling, eligibility has broadened. Press release
$2.68B in infrastructure (Oct 14) — VA approved $2.681 billion in facility infrastructure projects for Q4 FY2026, part of a record maintenance budget this year. Press release
Reminder: the 2027 COLA (3.6%) takes effect Dec 1 — see the separate thread.