Pittsburgh, PA – VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System received funding for Non-recurring Maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funds earlier in the first and second quarters of the year.<\/p>\n
The funding is part of a record\u00a0$4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize<\/a>, repair, and improve health care facilities in FY2026 via the Veterans Health Administration\u2019s Non-recurring Maintenance program.<\/p>\n Funding for VAPHS in the third quarter of FY2026 will be used to:<\/p>\n Upgrade infrastructure at the University Drive (UD) and H.J. Heinz III campuses to accommodate Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM). VHA\u2019s EHRM provides a seamless and paperless transition for veterans moving from receiving care on active duty to receiving care at VA.Renovate three floors at UD as part of an ongoing plan to move patient-facing areas to lower levels for Veterans\u2019 convenience, reducing wait times and elevator trips.Repair fire and smoke dampers at UD.Replace sanitizing, coil ultraviolet lighting systems in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system at UD.Repair concrete and expansion joints at UD\u2019s parking garage.Replace piping that carries clean, pressurized water from the city\u2019s lines to Primary Care at UD.Modernize sterile-processing service\u2019s medical-instrument cleaning and water-filtration systems for cleaning, disinfecting and packaging medical\/surgical tools at UD.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis funding allows VA Pittsburgh to continue modernizing and improving, so our facility remains safe, efficient and equipped to provide high-quality care for our veterans in Pittsburgh,\u201d said Derek Coughenour, interim executive director.<\/p>\n Of the total $4.8 billion committed for fiscal year 2026, VA has obligated a total of $2.2 billion. That obligation of funds in the third quarter includes:<\/p>\n $915 million to repair and upgrade outdated infrastructure systems in medical facilities.$229 million for maintenance and modernization of facility infrastructure to support future electronic health record system updates.$11 million for major building upgrades like elevators, electrical systems, and boiler plants.<\/p>\n This investment is just one of many ways the Trump Administration is making VA\u202fwork better for veterans.<\/a>\u202fFor example, VA has:\u00a0<\/p>\n Enrolled more than\u00a0180,000 new veterans in VA health care\u00a0in 2026.Opened 38 new VA health care facilities<\/a>\u00a0since Jan. 20, 2025,\u00a0expanding health care access for veterans around the country.Reduced the backlog of veterans waiting for VA benefits by 72%<\/a>\u00a0since Jan. 20, 2025, after it increased 24% during the Biden Administration. In February, this backlog\u00a0fell to less than 100,000 claims<\/a>\u00a0for the first time since 2020.Offered veterans more than 2.8 million appointments outside of normal operating hours. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving veterans more timely and convenient options for care.Permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans<\/a>\u00a0across the country in FY25, the highest total in seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh, PA – VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System received funding for Non-recurring Maintenance projects in the third quarter of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-250437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}