Summary:

– VA assumes ownership of new 58-bed Tulsa facility.

– Hospital anchors OSU’s expanding Academic Medical District.

– Project backed by CHIP IN Act and $70M in community support.

TULSA — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is equipping and staffing a new $181.4 million VA medical center in downtown Tulsa following an ownership transfer ceremony on Veterans Day. The 58-bed medical-surgical hospital will begin accepting patients in late spring 2026.

The James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center — named in honor of the late Oklahoma senator and U.S. Army veteran who was an ardent supporter of the military, veterans and their families — was funded through the 2016 CHIP IN for Veterans Act , as well as $70 million in community and donor support.

It was one of the first

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