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  2. EDT

    Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update

    GAO panel: independent assessment of cost, schedule, and risks

    Mark Takano and 1 other

    GAO Director Harris outlines VA’s lack of a reliable lifecycle cost estimate and integrated master schedule, unresolved recommendations, Vista decommissioning and cybersecurity risks, and irregular contract redactions, while members probe GAO on federal cost-estimating standards, training and staffing strain, interoperability, and whether Congress should slow or pause deployments pending better data and transparency.

    In this chapter

    1. Second panel begins: GAO Harris on cost, schedule, and Vista
    2. GAO Q&A: incomplete cost estimates, sole source, and interoperabilityMark Takano
    3. Takano and Bergman: GAO on LCCE standards and change managementMark Takano

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  3. EDT

    Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update

    VA panel: program status, costs, and member scrutiny

    Mark Takano and 3 others

    Deputy Secretary Lawrence presents a positive progress narrative and rollout plan for VA’s EHRM before members from both parties challenge VA on the $27B Oracle ceiling, incomplete lifecycle cost estimates, redactions in contract documents, vendor promises on overruns, training and patient safety impacts, deployment pace, and whether Oracle/Cerner remains the right solution.

    In this chapter

    1. Deputy Secretary Lawrence: progress narrative and deployment plan
    2. Chair Bost Q&A: contract ceiling, lifecycle cost, and safety tickets
    3. Takano Q&A: conflicts, Accenture, and pay‑to‑play concernsMark Takano

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  4. EDT

    Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update

    Opening business, hearing setup, and VA witnesses

    Mark Takano Democratic

    The committee conducts brief organizational business to assign Rep. Goodlander, then opens the EHRM oversight hearing, with Bost and Takano framing concerns over rising Oracle contract costs, transparency gaps, and absent Oracle witnesses before Bost swears in Deputy Secretary Lawrence and Dr. Evans.

    In this chapter

    1. Committee business: appointing Rep. GoodlanderMark Takano
    2. Hearing opening: Bost on EHRM costs and risks
    3. Ranking Member Takano: Oracle contract tripling and oversight gapsMark Takano
    4. Chair’s response and swearing in VA witnesses

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  6. EDT

    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

    AI pilots, National Work Queue upgrades, and prioritization of critical cases

    Later exchanges highlight an AI‑enabled DBQ pilot that sharply cuts exam turnaround times, concerns about work distribution via the National Work Queue and software compatibility, requests for a full AI use catalog and guardrails, and scrutiny of whether terminally ill and survivor cases are truly prioritized given reported multi‑year delays.

    In this chapter

    1. Gen. Bergman: claim completeness and AI-enabled DBQ pilot
    2. Rep. Morrison: National Work Queue and AI guardrails
    3. Rep. Kiggans: casework delays, prioritization, and AI validation

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  7. EDT

    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

    Workforce pressure, overtime, and accuracy metrics

    Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican

    Questioning shifts to whether reduced staffing, increased automation, mandatory overtime, and internal review methods undermine the claimed 94% accuracy rate, with Members citing questionable use of online medical sources, unpacking appeals pathways, and probing issue‑level versus claim‑level accuracy and the lack of health‑outcome tracking during appeals.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Dexter: workforce, AI overreach, and Google/WebMD citations
    2. Rep. Barrett: appeals pathways and AI-assisted evidentiary checks
    3. Rep. Ramirez: workforce cuts, mandatory overtime, and burnout

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  8. EDT

    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

    Organizational structure, AI deployment, and data integration

    Members examine headquarters reorganization, basic disability rating processes, and the role of VSOs, while pressing VA on the scope and sourcing of AI tools, update cycles, and the need to keep pace with technology, alongside concrete milestones for DoD–VA digital records transfer and fully electronic claims.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Van Orden: reorganization, VSOs, and disability process basics
    2. Rep. Brownley: AI use, appeals limbo, and communications
    3. Rep. Luttrell: AI models, update cycles, and DoD–VA data flow

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  9. EDT

    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

    Initial oversight Q&A: backlog tools, quality, and denials

    Early questioning from the Chair and Ranking Member probes how tools like the National Work Queue and automation cut the backlog, scrutinizes quality controls following a high‑volume processor case, and challenges VA data on denials, Board remands, and tracking of clear and unmistakable errors.

    In this chapter

    1. Chairman Q&A: tools, development, and quality controls
    2. Ranking Member Takano: denials, accuracy, and CUEs

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  10. EDT

    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

    Hearing opening and VA backlog strategy

    The Chair and Ranking Member frame the hearing around VA disability backlog trends, the PACT Act, and concerns about quality, then the VA outlines its three‑part strategy, workforce, automation, and leadership actions, to drive the backlog below 100,000 while claiming accuracy gains above 94%.

    In this chapter

    1. Chairman opening: context and backlog progress
    2. Ranking Member: PACT Act, projections, and quality concerns
    3. VA testimony: three-part strategy to cut backlog

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Schedule

  1. Replay
    Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update

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  2. Replay
    “Legislative Hearing on: H.R: 6733, The “VISN Reform Act of 2025”; H.R.6580, The “VA National Formulary Act of 2025”; H.R.6599, The “Leasing and Infrastructure Act of 2025”; H.R.6583, The “Research Reform Act of 2025”; H.R. 6549, The “VA Contracting and Procurement Act”; H.R.6740, The “VA TRUST Act”; H.R. 6764, The “Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Oversight Act of 2025”; H.R. 6904, The “Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement and Accountability Act of 2025”; H.R. 6843, The “Establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act of 2025”; H.R. 6833, The “Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025”; H.R.2303, The “Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act”; H.R.210, The “Dental Care for Veterans Act”; H.R.3183, The “SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025”; H.R.5203, “To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update directives of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the management of acute sexual assault, and for other purposes; H.R.4114, The “EVEST Act”; H.R.3869, The “Every Veteran Housed Act”; H.R.2722, The “VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act”; H.R.1391, The “Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025”; H.R.8044, The “Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act”; Discussion Draft: The “Toxic Exposure Advisory Committee Establishment Act”; Discussion Draft, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Toxic Exposure of the Department of Veterans Affairs”; Discussion Draft: The “Honor Vets Act”; Discussion Draft, “To provide for the modernization of the electronic health record system and other health information technology activities and systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.”

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  3. Replay
    H.R.5634, the “Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026”; H.R.7083, the “CRUISE Act”; H.R.7103, the “Improving Emerging Tech Opportunities for Veterans Act”; H.R.2283, the “Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act”; H.R.6993, the “BEACON Act of 2026”; H.R.6652, the “U.S. Vets of the FAS Act”; H.R.6444, the “Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act”; H.R. 7950, the “VA Congressional Accountability Act”; H.R. 7683, the “VA Fiscal Management and Modernization Act”; H.R. 8052, the “VIP Act”; H.R. 6698, the “Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025”; H.R.3159, the “Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act”; H.R. 5436, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using post-9/11 educational assistance”; H.R.5999, the “Veteran Opioid Emergency Treatment Act”; H.R. 8010, the “VA Police Recruitment and Retention Act of 2026; H.R. 7260, the “National Cemetery Administration Annual Report Act of 2026”; H.R. 5723, the “Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act”; Lease Resolutions

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  4. Replay
    Expanding the Mission: The Future of the National Center for Warrior Independence in West LA

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  5. Replay
    Faster Decisions, Stronger Outcomes: VA’s Work to Streamline the Disability Claims Backlog

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  6. Replay
    H.R: 6733, the “VISN Reform Act of 2025”; H.R.6580, the “VA National Formulary Act of 2025”; H.R.6755, the “Accountable Leadership for Veterans Act of 2025”; H.R.6599, the “Leasing and Infrastructure Act of 2025”; H.R.6583, the “Research Reform Act of 2025”; H.R. 6549, the “VA Contracting and Procurement Act”; H.R.6740, the “VA TRUST Act”; H.R. 6764, the “Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Oversight Act of 2025”; H.R. 6904, the “Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement and Accountability Act of 2025”; H.R. 6843, the “Establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act of 2025”; H.R. 6861, the “Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act”; H.R. 6833, the “Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment Act of 2025”; H.R.2303, the “Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act”; H.R.210, the “Dental Care for Veterans Act”; H.R.3183, the “SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act of 2025”; H.R.5203, “To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update directives of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the management of acute sexual assault, and for other purposes”; H.R.4114, the “EVEST Act”; H.R.3869, the “Every Veteran Housed Act”; H.R.1732, the “GUARD VA Benefits Act”; H.R.2722, the “VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act”; H.R.1391, the “Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025”; H.R.4876, the “Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act”; Discussion Draft, the “Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act”; Discussion Draft: the “Toxic Exposure Advisory Committee Establishment Act”; Discussion Draft, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Toxic Exposure of the Department of Veterans Affair”; Discussion Draft: the “Honor Vets Act”; Discussion Draft, “To provide for the modernization of the electronic health record system and other health information technology activities and systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

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  7. Replay
    Joint House and Senate Legislative Presentation of The American Legion & Multi VSOs: Paralyzed Veterans of America, AMVETS, National Association of State Directors of Veteran Affairs, Wounded Warrior Project, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, National Guard Association of the United States, Mission Roll Call

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  8. Replay
    Joint House and Senate Legislative Presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars & Multi VSO: Student Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Minority Veterans of America, National Association of County Veterans Service Officers (NACVSO), Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)

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  9. Replay
    Joint House and Senate Legislative Presentation of Disabled American Veterans & Multi VSOs: Military Officers Association of America, Blue Star Families, Vietnam Veterans of America, National Congress of American Indians, Service Women's Action Network, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., and Black Veterans Project

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  10. Replay
    H.R. 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026”; H.R. 3726, the “Fisher House Availability Act of 2025”; H.R. 3482, the “Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act”; H.R. 785, the “Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2025”; H.R. 2148, the “Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act

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  11. Replay
    Opportunities with VHA Reorganization

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  12. Replay
    Community Care Network Next Generation: One Trillion Dollars of Oversight

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