VA Health Care Facilities: Leveraging Partnerships to Address Capital Investment Needs

The VA offers health care services to about 9 million veterans. It operates 171 medical centers and more than 1,100 outpatient facilities. However, VA needs more health care facilities and is struggling to meet its infrastructure needs.

For instance, VA has faced cost overruns and time delays in constructing some facilities. It has also struggled to lease health care facilities; no major leases have been authorized in the last 5 years.

We testified about partnership approaches VA is using to help address its needs, such as accepting facility donations from non-federal entities and integrating facilities with DOD.

VA’s New Ambulatory Care Center in Nebraska was Constructed through a Donation Partnership

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