COVID-19 vaccines at VA

Please visit https://www.va.gov/health-care/covid-19-vaccine/ for updates on the COVID-19 vaccine. If you’re eligible to get a vaccine, your VA health care team will contact you. You don’t need to come to a VA facility to request or receive a vaccine until we contact you. 

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VA COVID-19 Testing

Enrolled Veterans who would like to get tested for COVID-19 should call the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System at 888-397-8387 for an appointment time.

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VA Mask Policy

Everyone entering VA health facilities will be required to wear a cloth face covering or mask at a minimum. If you don’t have one, VA will provide you one when you arrive. If a Veteran wears an oxygen mask, they don't need to wear a mask, or if there are other issues, we may ask Veterans to wait in a designated space until their appointment time.

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Screening Measures

All VA medical facilities have implemented screening measures for COVID-19. Please arrive 30 minutes early for your appointment.

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VA COVID-19 screening tool

Every person who enters our facility must be screened for safety reasons. To reduce wait times, ease stress, and lower exposure risk, we’re offering a new digital pre-entry screening tool. Veterans, caregivers, and employees can answer questions on their mobile phones and share their results at the facility entrance. To use the tool, simply text the word screen to 53079.

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VA Visitation Policy

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System implemented a no visitation policy at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center and its outpatient clinics in Tulsa, Vinita, McAlester and Idabel. Special consideration will apply for caregivers and visitors of palliative/hospice care patients. If you have any further questions regarding this restriction, please contact your Prmary Care Team.

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Muskogee Outside Pharmacy Window

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System is mailing all non-emergent medications to Veterans. For emergency medications, the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center operates an outside pick-up window next to the Primary Care entrance. Veterans can also pick-up emergency medications inside the facility. Learn More

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Access VA Care from Home

Veterans can receive care at home — either over the phone or via VA Video Connect. You can also refill prescriptions, send secure messages to your health care team and get text messages about COVID-19. Learn more.

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Business Office Services

We are asking Veterans to call the following points of contacts or go online for resources. Learn more.

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Veteran Transportation

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System continues to use its Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) to transport Veterans with scheduled VA appointments and VA Community Care appointments in both Muskogee and Tulsa. The VTS Dispatcher will screen all Veterans prior to scheduling a ride and upon arrival. For more information, call 918-577-3500 or toll free 1-888-397-8387.

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National VA & CDC Resources

To get answers to questions you have about coronavirus and how VA is responding, visit our Coronavirus FAQs page or read VA's public health response.

If you have symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath, call your VA medical center before going to a clinic, urgent care center, or emergency room. Calling first helps us protect you, medical staff, and other patients.

For the latest information about coronavirus, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).