Operating status | VA North Florida/South Georgia health care
Patient resources
Emergency: 911
Veterans Crisis Line: 988 , select 1
24-hour nurse: 877-741-3400
Change your appointment:
- Direct: 352-376-1611 or 386-755-3016
National Veterans Helpline: 800-507-4571
Patient locator (during emergency only): 877-741-3400
Telephone care: 877-741-3400
Pharmacy Refill: 800-324-8387, ext. 106526
If you are displaced, have lost your medication, or no longer have a written prescription or bottle, you can contact the VISN 8 Clinical Contact Center at 1-877-741-3400. You may also find assistance via the VA Health Chat app on your electronic devices. Help is available Monday – Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For tips and other information on how to make sure you are hurricane ready, please visit our Emergency Preparedness webpage. To stay informed on what’s happening within our healthcare system, please visit https://www.va.gov/north-florida-health-care/operating-status/ and be sure to connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
VBA Compensation or Benefits Checks
For information about compensation or pension benefit checks, please call the toll-free number 1-800-827-1000. The phone line is operational Monday – Friday, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Examiners
Call 727-319-7440 and Claims Examiner will call you back. You can also email them at VSO@fdva.state.fl.us
For a list of evacuation orders throughout the state of Florida, please visit https://www.floridadisaster.org/evacuation-orders/. Please visit https://www.floridadisaster.org/planprepare/know-your-zone-know-your-home/ to familiarize yourself with your evacuation zone. For information on general and special needs shelters within the state of Florida, please visit https://www.floridadisaster.org/shelter-status/.