Media and press
The Office of Public Affairs can assist local media with queries, interview requests, and expert information about the VA Black Hills Healthcare System.
Phone: 605-720-7451 or 605-490-5074 or 605-490-8014 or 605-347-1743
Email: vhabhhcspublicaffairs@va.gov
After hours or on weekends, call the operator at 605-347-2511 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 Black Hills
Email: BlackHillsVAFOIA@va.gov.
Mail:
Fort Meade VA Medical Center
Release of Information
113 Comanche Road
Fort Meade, SD 57741-1002
Hot Springs VA Medical Center
Release of Information
500 North Fifth Street
Hot Springs, SD 57747-1480
For questions about your request to VA Black Hills
Phone: 605-347-2511, ext. 17501
Additional FOIA request information
Report an issue
Give us website feedback
To report a technical issue or give us feedback about this site, email our web team at: VHABHHCSPUBLICAFFAIRS@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