How to hack the VA healthcare system for a great experience; Call Center to help Veterans with Choice Program billing issues

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Two different worlds – one enduring friendship

“Dino, you’re my best friend. I love you. It’s time for me to die now.” Five days later, Mark Danforth succumbed to his six-month fight with cancer.

It was an unexpected and unplanned journey that Milwaukee VA employee Dean “Dino” Mantzavrakos took with an unlikely friend who seemed to be a polar opposite.

How to hack the VA healthcare system for a great experience

Here are some tips and tricks to get seen faster, avoid long lines and how to schedule your appointment. This is how to use the VA healthcare system to your advantage.

Community Care Call Center to help Veterans with Choice Program billing issues

Veterans can now work directly with VA to resolve debt collection issues resulting from inappropriate or delayed Choice Program billing.

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This week we honor Tanya Whitney of the U.S. Army who served from 1983-2010. Tanya began her Army aviation career as a utility helicopter repairer and later transitioned from active service to the Louisiana National Guard as a UH-1 helicopter repairer and technical inspector.

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