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The VA Heartland Network is one of 18 Veteran Integrated Service Networks (VISN) across the country. The network consists of seven health care systems, with nine VA Medical Centers (VAMC) and 63 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), within the states of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Arkansas. This equates to 162,452.57 square miles of coverage across 263 counties, with over 85% categorized as “Rural” or “highly rural,” with a majority of those counties also being designated as Medically Underserved according to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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VISN 15 Interim Network Director
VISN 15 Interim Network Director
Angela N. Athmann, MHA, MBA, RHIA is currently the VISN 15 Deputy Network Director, a position she has held since April 2022. In her role, she provides leadership and direction for the activities of the Chief Logistics Officer, Capital Asset Manager, Business Implementation Manager, VISN Security Officer, VISN Prosthetic Representative, Chief Fiscal Officer, and Financial Quality Assurance Manager. Prior to her appointment, she held the position of Assistant Director for the Kansas City VA Medical Center, since September 2016. She was responsible for the daily operations of the VA Medical Center’s business office, logistics operations, prosthetics operations, voluntary service, and nutrition and food service lines. Ms. Athmann began her VA career in June 2007 as an Administrative Resident at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. From December 2007-May 2009, Ms. Athmann was the Health System Specialist for Performance Measures at the VA North Texas Health Care System. In May 2009-November 2013, Ms. Athmann was selected as the Executive Assistant to the Director at the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System. During this time, she was also Acting Associate Director from September 2011-April 2012. Ms. Athmann was appointed as the Administrative Service Manager for the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham, Texas in November 2013-September 2016.
Ms. Athmann is a 2014 graduate of VHA’s Healthcare Leadership Development Program and the VISN 17 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) Program. A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Ms. Athmann received a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in 2003 and Master’s Degrees in Business Administration and Health Care Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2008. Ms. Athmann is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certified by AHIMA.
VISN 15 Chief Medical Officer
VISN 15 Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Batrash was the Chief of Staff/Chief Medical Officer of the Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVAMC) since September 2014. Dr. Batrash first joined the Kansas City VA Medical Center in 2000 as an Internist and Geriatrician for Primary Care. In 2003, he established the Hospitalist section and was the section chief. He also served as the KCVAMC site program director for the University of Kansas Internal Medicine Residency Program from 2005 – 2010. Dr. Batrash served as the Chief of Medical Sub-Specialty Service for five years prior to becoming the Chief of Staff. He is a graduate of Damascus University Faculty of Medicine in 1993 and completed his Internal Medicine residency, Chief Residency, and Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Batrash holds two board certifications in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a graduate of the VA Physician Leadership Development Program and is a recipient of the Leadership Excellence Award.
VISN 15 Quality Management Officer
VISN 15 Quality Management Officer
Dr. Queenan has been the VISN 15 Deputy Quality Management Officer for the VA Heartland Network since March of 2020. Prior to her appointment she was the Quality, Safety, and Value (QSV) Service Chief for the Kansas City VA Medical Center. She has over 34 years of experience within the realms of nursing leadership, evidence-based practice, quality of care, and process improvement.
Dr. Queenan obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Kansas in 2018, a Master of Science in Nursing Leadership from the University of Kansas in 2014. She was awarded the 1989 National Veterans Administration Scholarship Award and worked on the Cardio-Pulmonary, Medical-Surgical Unit at the Kansas City VAMC. She holds board certifications as a Nurse Executive and with the American Medical Informatics Association 10 x 10. She is a graduate of the VA Healthcare Leadership Development Program (HCLDP) in 2021
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