{"id":26437,"date":"2026-08-19T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26437"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:07:10","slug":"with-federal-ehr-no-more-last-four-check-in-at-va-medical-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26437","title":{"rendered":"With Federal EHR, no more \u2018last-four\u2019 check in at VA Medical Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Veterans, superior care begins the moment they check in at a VA medical facility. For years, they\u2019ve had to provide their \u201clast-four,\u201d or the last four digits of their Social Security number (SSN) for various services at VA facilities. But now, thanks to the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR), they only need a quick scan of their Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC) to check in.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148872\/federal-ehr-no-more-last-four-check-in-at-va\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148872\/federal-ehr-no-more-last-four-check-in-at-va\/\">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) For Veterans, superior care begins the moment they check in at a VA medical facility. For years,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2149,87,245],"class_list":["post-26437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-federal-ehr","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437","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=26437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26438,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437\/revisions\/26438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}