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Get the latest news from VA Illiana. For more information about VA Illiana health care, contact our Public Affairs Office at 217-554-3000 (x44290) or [email protected]. FEBRUARY 12, 2025

VA Illiana Healthcare System (VAIHCS) has a scheduled site visit from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) on April 7 - April 9, 2025. JUNE 12, 2024 VA Illiana and multiple

Veteran organizations have partnered to increase access to dignified American flag retirement services across central Illinois through an expanded network of American flag retirement boxes,

with a new box in Danville officially opening on Flag Day, June 14, 2024. MARCH 05, 2024 At the direction of President Biden, VA is expanding health care eligibility to millions of Veterans

– including all Veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and any other combat zone after 9/11 – years earlier than called for by the PACT Act FEBRUARY 28,

2024 Thanks to a new VA Illiana initiative launched Feb. 20, 2024, some Veterans living with diabetes will now be able to manage their care within VA without the need for a community

referral. SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 VA Illiana announced today that the health care system has achieved Pathway to Excellence designation status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center

(ANCC). SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 VA Illiana will host drive-thru flu clinics for eligible Veterans October 3 -13, 2023, at all VA Illiana locations of care. Flu shots prevent the flu, flu related

complications, and the spread to others. SEPTEMBER 05, 2023 Veterans across Central Illinois will soon have access to VA Illiana Health Care System’s orthotics services closer to home thanks

to a service expansion bringing orthotics care to VA Illiana’s Bloomington and Decatur Clinics beginning September 2023. AUGUST 23, 2023 VA Illiana’s Danville VA Medical Center is expanding

its urgent care operating hours starting August 27, 2023. The hours will be extended weekdays from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. and urgent care will now be open on weekends and federal holidays from 8

a.m. – 3:30 p.m. AUGUST 21, 2023 VA Illiana Health Care System was recently awarded a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the highest-possible star

rating awarded. This is the first time CMS has included VA facilities in their annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. AUGUST 02, 2023 Veterans, caregivers, and family members visiting

VA Illiana’s Danville VA Medical Center will soon have access to a rapid on-campus courtesy shuttle service with the launch of the Veteran Courtesy Shuttle Service at a ceremony scheduled

for Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at 10 a.m.