Veterans Health Administration Reorganizing Management Structure To Better Focus On Care Delivery

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its plans to reorganize the management structure of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) over the next 18 to 24 months. The VA intends to release more information in early 2026, according to a December 15, 2025, announcement.

Goals of the initiative include improving health care for veterans, empowering local hospital directors, eliminating duplicative layers of bureaucracy, and ensuring consistent application of VA policies across all department medical facilities. “VHA’s reorganization will better position the organization to focus on care delivery—not bureaucracy—and result in more defined roles and faster decisionmaking for . . .