Marion VA Health Care System

08/14/2026

What a blessing! Thank you to our friends from the DAV! Our Illinois Chapters do amazing work for us. Today they donated 3 new vehicles to supplement our Transportation Network to provide transportation for Veterans. Over the past year, the DAV volunteers have driven 4,800 Veterans to and from their appointments totaling over 252,000 miles!!

08/13/2026

Log in and schedule your own appointments!

08/12/2026

Check out that receipt! What a blessing from the youth group of North America Baptist Church. Every Sunday they collected their own offerings and decided to use the money to bless our Veteran Food Pantry with 7 shopping carts full of food! We are so lucky to have great community support. It is great to see our nation’s youth so engaged in service. ❤️🇺🇸

08/03/2026

The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce that Mr. Fred Roché has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Marion VA Health Care System.

“We are excited that Mr. Roché will become the new Executive Director/CEO at the Marion VA Medical Center, Marion, Illinois,” said Dr. Ahmad Batrash, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 15) Interim Network Director. “His sound leadership qualities and proven experience will be valuable assets for the health care system, the employees and volunteers, and most importantly, for the Veterans we are honored to serve.”

He was previously appointed as the Associate Director of Operations at the Marion VA Health Care System effective May 22, 2022.

He previously served as the Administrator for the Wake County VA Outpatient Clinic and Interim Assistant Director for the Durham VA Health Care System. He began his VA career as a Graduate Healthcare Administration Training Program (GHATP) Administrative Resident at the VA Illiana Healthcare System, Danville, Illinois in June 1996. Over the course of his career, he has been an Administrative Officer for a VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Peoria, Illinois, Chief Purchased Care (Care in the Community) in Columbus, Ohio, Executive Assistant to the Medical Center Director and Systems Redesign Program Manager at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care System, North Chicago, Illinois, Assistant Chief Health Administration in Louisville, Kentucky and Administrator of the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System which included the Wilmington VA Health Care Center and Jacksonville and Brunswick County Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Southeast North Carolina as well as a detail as the Acting Associate Director for Operations at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC.

Mr. Roché received his master’s degree in health administration from Indiana University in 1997. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a graduate of the Leadership VA, Class of 2019.

07/27/2026

Thank you to the City of Evansville for starting this pilot program to issue bus passes to Service Connected Veterans!

Getting around town just got a little easier for disabled veterans living in Evansville.

07/20/2026

Help Veterans get care faster—right from your schedule.

If you’re an Optum VA Community Care Network provider, External Provider Scheduling (EPS) lets VA staff book approved Veteran appointments directly into your scheduling system—cutting phone tag and speeding up access to care.

Turn on EPS to:
Streamline coordination with VA and Optum
Fill open appointment slots more efficiently
Help Veterans be seen sooner in your practice
Contact [email protected] learn how to activate EPS today.

07/07/2026

We are so proud of Rosemary and Warren! DAV National Volunteers of the Year. Both are Veterans and have also spent almost 30 years giving back to their fellow Veterans with over 20,000 hours!

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — A veteran couple celebrates over 20,000 volunteer hours served with their close family and friends. Rosemary and Warren Heinsohn are honored by the National Disable…

07/02/2026

VET FEST was a success! Thank you to all who joined us and a special shout out to all of our community supporters and Veteran Service Organizations for participating to help our Veterans! 🇺🇸💙❤️

07/02/2026

Thank you to our friends the Evansville Otters for visiting our Veterans and staff. Don’t forget tonight is RED WHITE & BLUE night at Bosse Field! Come out and support the Otters as they battle for the top spot in their Division. ⚾️🇺🇸