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Military City USA: Why San Antonio Is a Hub for Military and Veteran Healthcare
Few American cities are as closely tied to the military as San Antonio. It’s known as Military City USA, and the nickname is earned: the region is home to one of the largest military footprints in the country, one of the largest veteran populations in the nation, and a remarkable concentration of military and veteran…
Read MoreChronic Pain in Veterans: Why the VA Needs Pain Psychologists
For many veterans, military service leaves a lasting physical mark. Years of carrying heavy loads, parachute landings, training injuries, combat wounds, and the wear and tear of military life add up. Long after they take off the uniform, a large share of veterans live with pain every day. Over the past decade, the VA has…
Read MoreNeuroimaging at the VA: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Veteran Brain
Some of the most important injuries of America’s recent wars don’t show up on the outside. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called a signature injury of the post-9/11 era, and its effects can follow veterans for decades, raising their long-term risk of stroke, dementia, and other neurological conditions. That makes neuroimaging one of the…
Read MoreVA Credentialing for Physicians: Requirements, Timeline, and How to Avoid Delays
For physicians considering work at a VA medical center, whether as a staff physician or a locum tenens contractor, credentialing is the first real hurdle. The VA credentialing process is thorough, it runs on its own systems and rules, and it often takes longer than physicians expect. That rigor exists for good reason. VA credentialing…
Read MoreInterventional Radiology at the VA: What IR Physicians Can Expect
Interventional radiology has become one of the most essential specialties in modern medicine. Procedures that once required open surgery, long hospital stays, and general anesthesia can now often be done through a needle or catheter, with image guidance, in a fraction of the time. Nowhere is that more valuable than in the VA. The veteran…
Read MoreThe Radiologist Shortage: Why More Radiologists Are Rethinking How They Work
Ask almost any hospital administrator about their hardest positions to fill, and radiology will be near the top of the list. Imaging volumes keep climbing, the pipeline of new radiologists isn’t keeping pace, and experienced radiologists are leaving practice faster than they used to. For radiologists, the shortage cuts both ways. It means heavier workloads…
Read MoreVA Locum Tenens: What Contract Physicians Should Know Before Signing
Locum tenens work at a VA medical center can be one of the most rewarding assignments a physician takes on. The schedules are often predictable, the pay is competitive, and the patients are the men and women who served this country. But a VA contract isn’t quite like a locum assignment at a private hospital.…
Read MoreVA Radiologist Pay: Staff Salary vs. Contract Rates
If you’re a radiologist thinking about working at the VA, one of the first things you’ll search for is pay. What does the VA actually pay radiologists? How does it compare to private practice? And is becoming a federal employee the only way in? It isn’t. There are two very different ways to practice radiology…
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