Aptive Awarded VA Contract to Manage High-Priority Healthcare Initiatives

Aptive has received a three-year, $2 million contract to provide project management support to the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks (DEAN). DEAN coordinates many of VHA’s healthcare programs, enterprise-level initiatives that move the nation’s largest integrated health system toward better outcomes for the more than 9 million Veterans enrolled in VA care.

The work begins with the Polypharmacy Pilot Project, an initiative that uses decision support software to review a Veteran’s full list of medications, flag potential interactions and suggest safer alternatives. Many Veterans manage several prescriptions from more than one provider, and every added medication raises the chance of harmful interaction. Tools that catch those risks early are a growing priority across health systems, and the project management behind them often determines how quickly they reach patients. VA’s tool has been built into existing clinical systems and is currently being tested in phases, including site training and a feasibility pilot to a broader clinical pilot across VA medical centers. Aptive’s team will manage schedules, track risks and decisions, coordinate clinical, technical and operational stakeholders, and keep leadership informed as the live pilot moves forward.

“A pilot like this succeeds due to strong coordination. You have pharmacists, physicians, IT teams and site leaders who all need to move in the same direction on the same timeline,” said Megan Grobert, Vice President of Health Services at Aptive. “Our job is to keep that work organized and visible, so DEAN’s leaders can focus on the decisions that matter and a tool that can make Veterans’  safer reaches clinics on schedule.”

The contract is built to grow with DEAN’s priorities. Beyond the pilot, Aptive will maintain a portfolio tracker covering every active DEAN-supported project, giving senior leaders one consolidated view of status, milestones, risks and funding. As new initiatives emerge, the team will scope and stand-up support quickly. That mix of steady portfolio oversight and on-demand support lets DEAN move from one priority to the next without starting over each time, while leaders keep a clear line of sight across every project in motion. The award expands Aptive’s support of VHA transformation and adds a high-visibility patient safety initiative to its portfolio. The task order was awarded to Arrow ARC, a joint venture between Aptive and Artemis ARC, under the Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.