VA Cerner rollout price tag climbs to $18.5B

Becker's Healthcare July 9, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

The price tag of the Department of Veteran Affairs’s Cerner EHR rollout could go up another $2.5 billion, according to a July 7 report by the Office of the Inspector General.

Five things to know:

1. The cost was originally budgeted at $10 billion, then got a 60 percent increase to $16 billion. Now it could need a bump of $2.5 billion to account for IT infrastructure updates, the report said.
2. Lawmakers have voiced their concern about the budget management of the VA’s IT modernization initiative — one that has been delayed three times over concerns about the distress it has caused staff and patients at VA hospitals.
3. The VA needs to update its IT system to support...

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