{"id":25597,"date":"2026-02-18T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25597"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:07:05","slug":"va-moves-to-improve-dental-care-access-for-eligible-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25597","title":{"rendered":"VA moves to improve dental care access for eligible Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VA has released a request for proposals for a new dental care administrator to operate the department\u2019s next generation network of community care dental providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to contract with a vendor that will support the department in building and maintaining a robust national network of licensed dental providers and practitioners. The network will include general and specialty dental care, preventive dental services and pharmacy support.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/145117\/va-improve-dental-care-access-eligible-veterans\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/145117\/va-improve-dental-care-access-eligible-veterans\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) VA has released a request for proposals for a new dental care administrator to operate the department\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[1176,87,2021,245],"class_list":["post-25597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentaloral-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-dental-care","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-dental-care","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25598,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25597\/revisions\/25598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}