Media and press
The Office of Public Affairs can assist local media with queries, interview requests, and expert information about the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System.
Phone: 785-350-4386
Email: EKHCSMARKETINGMESSAGING@VA.GOV
After hours or on weekends, call the operator at 785-350-3111 and ask for the administrator on duty.
Submit a FOIA request
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you have a right to federal agency records unless those records are protected from disclosure by specific exemptions or exclusions laid out in law.
Requesting records maintained by VA Eastern Kansas
If you are being seen at the Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center or at one of these Community-Based Outreach Clinics:
- Platte City VA Clinic
- Chanute VA Clinic
- Fort Scott VA Clinic
- Garnett VA Clinic
- Lawrence VA Clinic
- Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic
Then you may mail or fax your request to:
Email: Coming soon!
Fax: 785-350-4714
Mail:
VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System
Attn: Release of Information Office
Release of Information Office
2200 Southwest Gage Boulevard
Topeka, KS 66622
If you are being seen at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the St. Joseph VA Clinic, or the Wyandotte County VA Clinic, you may mail or fax your request to:
Email: Coming soon!
Fax: 913-758-4103
Mail:
VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System
Attn: Release of Information Office
Release of Information Office
4104 S. 4th Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
For questions about your request to VA Eastern Kansas
- Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center: 785-350-4407
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center: 913-682-2000, ext. 52360
Additional FOIA request information
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To report a technical issue or give us feedback about this site, email our web team at EKHCSWebmaster@va.gov.
Report suspected fraud or mismanagement
Contact the VA Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) to report suspected criminal activity, fraud, inadequate patient care, or mismanagement of VA programs or government resources.
Phone: 800-488-8244
Mail:
VA Inspector General Hotline (53e)
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
Learn more about the VA OIG hotline.
Report patient care or safety issues
If you have any concerns about the care and safety of patients or residents, the first step is to contact hospital management. If management did not address or resolve your concerns, contact the Joint Commission.
Submit a complaint online: https://www.jointcommission.org/report_a_complaint.aspx
Phone: 800-994-6610
Fax: 630-792-5636
Email: complaint@jointcommission.org
Mail:
Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 6018