JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Rica Lewis-Payton, a former director of Mississippi's Medicaid program, will oversee 10 Veterans Affairs medical centers in eight states.
The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/w6Oco8 ) Lewis-Payton, currently the medical center director of the Birmingham VA Medical Center, will assume her new job as network director of the South Central VA Health Care Network on March 11.
The network is one of the largest networks in the Veterans Health Administration responsible for VA medical centers and veterans' health care services throughout Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and parts of Texas, Missouri, Alabama and Florida; more than 18,800 employees; and a budget of almost $3 billion.
The 10 VA medical centers provide a full range of specialty, tertiary, mental health, and long term care in the eight-state region.
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