VA adding call center in Smyrna

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:24 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Smyrna’s Tennessee Expo Center for a new patient service call center that will generate about 300 jobs. The facility will serve 19 VA hospitals.

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Tags: call center management, economic development, employment, Smyrna, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  

Local attorney to file VA charges

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on July 27, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Nashville lawyer Mike Sheppard says he’s preparing to ask the Veterans Affairs to compensate about 60 veterans who were exposed to infectious body fluids at VA hospitals, including the agency’s facility in Murfreesboro.

The VA has offered free medical care to the affected veterans — but Sheppard said that’s no more than they already expected. He said the requested compensation will vary greatly, depending on the veteran’s age, ailments and other factors.

“It’s a case by case basis,” he said.

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Tags: hospital management, litigation, medical errors, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  

An RCC for the new VA at an HBCU

By Walker Duncan Posted on April 1, 2009 at 10:28 am

In case you missed that, that’s a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new U.S. Veterans Administration clinic at Meharry Medical College. This clinic is the first of its kind on the campus of a historically black college or university.

The ceremony for the brand new 6,000-square-foot facility located next door to Nashville General Hospital is set for Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.

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Tags: community health clinics, Meharry Medical College, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs