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El Paso VA says operations are steady; community outreach events continue while some approvals remain pending
Summary
Interim director Mark Riello told the Veterans Advisory Council the El Paso VA Healthcare System is operating normally, outlined upcoming outreach events, and described clinic expansions while noting that approvals for some community presentations after March are pending at the national level.
Mark Riello, interim director of the El Paso VA Healthcare System, told the El Paso Veterans Advisory Council that operations at the local VA are “normal” and that the system remains “full steam ahead” on clinical services and planned outreach.
Riello said staff have obtained event approvals through March but that requests for community presentations after March still require clearance from national offices. “What is taking a little bit longer is if, say, my program manager or myself or any of my staff are going out to the community to give a talk. Those are the things right now that I have to get approval from all the way to the top,” Riello said. He added that clinical face-to-face care in the community is being approved more quickly than…
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