V.A. - Providing Health Care for Veterans
The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at ~1,298 health care facilities, including ~171 medical centers and ~1,113 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving ~9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
Affordable Care Act
Find out how the new health care law affects Veterans’ health care at VA.
Mental Health
VA has a variety of mental health resources, information, treatment options, and more — all accessible to Veterans, Veterans’ supporters, and the general public. Explore the pages below to learn more about a specific mental health topic or to find information specifically tailored to your needs.
Crisis Hotline
Launched in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line started with 14 trained responders working out of a call center in Canandaigua, N.Y. It’s grown to include an online chat and text service with 500 responders in three call center locations. Because many respondents are Veterans, they’re familiar with the challenges Veterans face.
Continuing care after the call, chat, or text, Veterans Crisis Line responders can refer Veterans to a local suicide prevention coordinator (SPC). Available in each VA medical center across the country, SPCs can connect Veterans to the counseling and services they need.
Respondents are also available 24/7 to help active-duty service members and their families and friends through a crisis through the Military Crisis Line. Service members, including members of the National Guard and Reserves, along with their loved ones, can Dial 988 and Press 1, chat online at MilitaryCrisisLine.net, or send a text to 838255 to receive free, confidential support.
Our main campus provides primary care and specialty health services, including mental health, dental services, vision care (ophthalmology and optometry), neurology, nutrition counseling, foot care (podiatry), and more. Below, you’ll find our address and hours, parking and transportation information, and the other health services we offer at Orlando VA Medical Center.
Address
13800 Veterans WayOrlando, FL 32827-5812
Phone numbers
Main phone: 407-631-1000
VA health connect: 877-741-3400
Mental health care: 407-631-2050
Call Non-VA Care within 24 hours upon checking into the nearest Emergency room.
Non-VA Care phone number: 407-646-4000
Extending physical therapy in more VA facilities reduces wait times and increases Veteran care and quality of life. [...]
Central Alabama VA and the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention have a revitalized mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program. [...]
The “My Life, My Story” project provides a window into patients’ lives, letting nurses and doctors know Veterans on a personal level. [...]
VA and The Rockefeller Foundation are working together to promote healthy eating habits and food security. [...]
Community leaders and VA employees from 46 facilities come together to explore the current and future state of perinatal care in VA. [...]
Air Force Veteran Walter Pinkney is the recipient of a simultaneous heart and kidney transplant, a groundbreaking multi-organ transplant surgery. [...]
VA's suicide prevention grant program awarded $52.5 million to 80 organizations that provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for Veterans and their families. [...]
VHA-Uber Health Connect offers a supplemental transportation option for Veterans and caregivers to access their health care. [...]
Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer among Veterans with nearly 900,000 Veterans who may be eligible for lung cancer screening. [...]
A Vietnam Veteran, who is also a chaplain, describes his life before and after Parkinson’s Disease. He's grateful to VA for his personalized care. [...]
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Former participants in a popular Army education program worry they may be forced to delay their retirement plans after the discovery of an admin error. [...]
Currently, veterans lose half their monthly living stipend if they attend classes remotely. [...]
Daycare availability, military relocations and non-essential training will all be upended by the federal budget fight. [...]
Critics say defense and education officials need more coordination to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. [...]
Nearly 100,000 cases were delayed because of technical problems with the VA's web site software. [...]
About 1.3 million active-duty troops could see paychecks delayed by a government shutdown. [...]
The department is launching a new outreach effort to help veterans spot potential fraud before they become victims. [...]