VA Central Iowa Health Care System is the result of the 1997 merger of the Des Moines and Knoxville, Iowa, VA Medical Centers. This integrated health care system brings two previously separate organizational structures, located 40 miles apart, into one cohesive entity. The system provides a full continuum of health care services to veterans. The Des Moines Division provides acute and specialized medical and surgical services, as well as intensive outpatient treatment programs and post-traumatic stress care. The Knoxville Division offers a full range of mental health, rehabilitation, and long-term care to veterans from a large geographical area of the Midwest. Special programs for intervention in alcohol and drug treatment, Alzheimer's and homelessness are provided in the overall continuum of care.

Affiliations

The University of Iowa College of Medicine

Authorized Beds

47 acute care beds
38 domiciliary beds

Type of Facility

General Medicine & Surgical, Neurophychiatric and long-term care

Special Programs

PTSD
Rehabilitation
Alzheimer Treatment
Domiciliary
Diagnostic Services
Mental Health Services
Substance Dependence Treatment
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Laser Eye Surgery
Joint Replacement
VIST - services for the visually impaired
Home Based Primary Care

 

The following Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) come under this facility:

Mason City, Iowa
VA Clinic
520 S. Pierce, Suite 150

Mason City, IA 50401
Phone: 641-421-8077

Fort Dodge, IA
VA Clinic
2419 2nd Avenue N

Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Phone: 515-576-2235