Contact us
Find phone numbers and contact information at VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Healthcare System for frequently requested services like patient advocates, medical records, billing and insurance, and more.
Support for Law Enforcement and First Responders
You can use these VA and Veteran Service Organization contacts to help connect Veterans to resources in their community for help.
Omaha VA Medical Center
4101 Woolworth Avenue
Omaha, NE 68105-1850
Emergency Department: 995-3250
Main phone:
Mental health care:
NWI Homeless Care Team
825 Dorcas Street, Omaha, NE 68108
VA National Hotlines - Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans and Service members in crisis and their families and friend with qualified, caring VA responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
Call 988 and Press 1, 24/7
Chat online at Chat @veteranscrisisline.net
Text: 838255
Homeless Hotline: 1-877-4AID-VET (1-
Patient help and resources
Need help? Contact a patient advocate
If you need help getting care or resolving an issue with VA, get help from one of our trained patient advocates.
Medical records office
Access your medical records online or request a copy of your records from our Release of Information office.
Billing and insurance
Pay your VA Nebraska-Western Iowa health care bill online, by phone, mail, or in person. You can also raise issues or address billing disputes.
Pharmacy
Find out how to refill your prescriptions, where to pick up new prescription orders, and how to safely dispose of your medicines.
Phone directory and mailing address
Find phone numbers for many of the administrative and program offices at VA Nebraska-Western Iowa health care.
Mailing address
Omaha VA Medical Center
4101 Woolworth Avenue
Omaha, NE 68105-1850
Main phone numbers
Local: 402-346-8800
Toll-free: 800-451-5796
To use TeleType (TTY) services: dial 711.
A – F
Audiology-402-995-3119
Billing-866-347-2352
Billing - Non-VA Care-877-881-7618
COVID-19 Vaccine Information-800-451-5796
Chaplain Service-800-451-5796
Compensated Work Therapy and Transitional Residence-308-382-3660 Ext. 2132
Creative Arts Competition - Grand Island-308-395-3404
Creative Arts Competition - Omaha-402-995-4672
Dental - Omaha-800-451-5796 Ext. 3306
Enrollment and Eligibility - Omaha-402-995-4050
Enrollment and Eligibility - Grand Island-402-995-4050
Enrollment and Eligibility - Lincoln-402-995-4050
Express Care Omaha-402-995-6494
Eye Care-800-451-5796
Fisher House-402-930-7116
Freedom of Information Act-402-995-3427 or 402-995-4976
G – M
IntegratedEthics Council-855-384-4278
LGBTQ Program-402-995-3166
Medical Foster Home Program-800-451-5796 Ext. 4796
Mental Health-402-995-4944
N – Z
Nutrition-402-995-4899
POW Advocate-800-451-5796 Ext. 3491
Palliative Care-800-451-5796
Patient Advocates-402-995-3477
Pharmacy-855-560-1722
Physical Therapy-402-995-3650
Police Service-800-451-5796 Ext. 3202 or 308-389-5198
Polytrauma Support Clinic-402-599-4000
Privacy Officer-402-995-3427 or 402-995-4976
Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC)-402-995-4550
Release of Information-402-995-4166
Research-402-995-3542 or 402-995-3544
Safe Patient Handling Program-800-451-5796 Ext. 5875
Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder Clinic-402-346-8800
Telehealth-877-302-6363
VITAL-402-807-6094
Veteran Transportation Service & Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement-402-995-4458
Veteran Transportation Service & Ride Scheduling-855-208-4631 or
402-995-4200
Veterans Food Pantry- (402) 977-4444
Veterans Justice Outreach (Lincoln)-402-489-6860
Veterans Outreach Coordinator-800-451-5796 Ext. 5254
or 402-995-5254
Volunteer Services-402-995-3284
Whole Health-402-599-2130
Media and press
The Office of Public Affairs can assist local media with queries, interview requests, and expert information about the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health System.
Phone: 402-995-4719
Email: VHANWIPUBLICAFFAIRS@va.gov
After hours or on weekends, call the operator at 402-346-8800, 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 Nebraska-Western Iowa
Mail:
Omaha VA Medical Center
Release of Information Office 136df
4101 Woolworth Avenue
Omaha, NE 68105-1850
For questions about your request to VA Nebraska-Western Iowa
Phone: 402-995-4166 Fax:
Additional FOIA request information
Review VA’s requirements for a FOIA request, including sample requests.
See the VA FOIA Library, which publishes commonly requested records.
If you don’t know where the records you are requesting are maintained, submit your request to vacofoiaservice@va.gov instead of VA Nebraska-Western Iowa.
Report an issue
Give us website feedback
To report a technical issue or give us feedback about this site, email our web team at vhanwipublicaffairs@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:
Email: complaint@jointcommission.org
Mail:
Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181