Minneapolis VA Health Care System

The Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS) is network of hospital and outpatient clinics based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It belongs to the VISN23 VA Midwest Health Care Network managed by the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Minneapolis VAHCS provides healthcare for United States military veterans in areas such as medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics and extended care. As a teaching hospital, it operates comprehensive training programs for multiple treatment specialties. The Minneapolis VAHCS also hosts one of the largest research programs of any VA health care system and maintains research affiliations with the University of Minnesota.

The Minneapolis VAHCS also provides services to veterans through a network of community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) in the greater Twin Cities metro area, rural Minnesota, and Western Wisconsin. These include facilities in Albert Lea (MN), Chippewa Falls (WI), Ely (MN), Hayward (WI), Hibbing (MN), Mankato (MN), Maplewood (MN), Ramsey (MN), Rice Lake (WI), Rochester (MN), Shakopee (MN), St. James (MN), and Superior (WI). Each CBOC facility is staffed and equipped to provide common outpatient healthcare services. In addition, the Minneapolis VAHCS delivers telemedicine from providers at the main Medical Center to improve access to specialty care services among veterans in rural locations for whom traveling regularly to the Minneapolis location would be prohibitive. All veterans enrolled in the Minneapolis VAHCS are eligible to use these outpatient clinics.