WASHINGTON -- William F. Feeley, a native of Providence, R.I., was recently appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Health for Operations and Management for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
“Mr. Feeley has a long and distinguished VA career of health care management,” said Dr. Jonathan Perlin, VA’s Under Secretary for Health. “We are fortunate to have him assume this leadership role.”
In his new post, Feeley will manage the VA health care system’s 21 regions and their 154 hospitals, 875 outpatient clinics, 136 nursing home care units and 207 Vet Centers. Feeley had been the director of VA’s health care network in upstate New York since March 2003.
VA is the largest integrated health care system in the country, with a health care budget of about $30 billion, 196,000 health care professionals and 1,300 sites of care.
Feeley’s VA career began in 1975. He was among a small group of senior federal executives in 2003 and 2005 who received the prestigious President's Rank Award for a long-term commitment to excellence. One of his major VA accomplishments was developing a customer service program that solicits feedback from veterans and their families about their perceptions of VA care.
A native of Providence, R.I., Feeley holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from ProvidenceCollege and a master’s degree in social work from BostonUniversity. He is a fellow in the AmericanCollege of Healthcare Executives.
