VA Awards Medical Disability Examinations Contracts For $6.8 Billion
VA announced the award of $6.8 billion for VA disability compensation and pension medical disability examinations for the next 12 months with 4 extensions. Five government contractors were selected to...
View ArticleCongress Rips ‘Shameful’ VA For Deliberate Cover-up Of Bad Doctors
Congress blasted VA for its “shameful” and “astonishing” cover-up to hide bad doctors clinicians from the public and veterans. At the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, members unleashed on VA...
View ArticleVSOs Support John McCain Reforms Aimed To Advance VA Privatization
Some VSOs support a proposed law from Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to create new reforms that advance VA privatization for community care. In partnership with Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), Senator McCain...
View ArticleVA Attorneys Can’t Fire Or Punish VA Executives Correctly – The Case Of...
It’s Called “Training” And Why Can’t VA Attorneys Get It Right? The recent examples of VA rehiring fired executives or reversing on reasonable punishments for fraudulent behavior reveals ineptness of...
View ArticleObama-led VA Overpaid Veterans Choice Contractors By $39 Million, Made 224k...
A VA OIG report shows the Obama-led VA administration of the Veterans Choice Program found massive overpayments, tardy payments, and erroneous payments. Quietly before Christmas, VA OIG released its...
View ArticleCriminal Blockbuster: Cincinnati VA Surgeon Says Shulkin Involved In Retaliation
One former Cincinnati VA surgeon has flipped the script on a drug prosecution against her by putting Secretary Shulkin on trial over whistleblower retaliation before a jury. The drug prosecution...
View ArticleVeteran Dies After Puget Sound VA Delays Routine Heart Surgery, Family Sues
One veteran’s family is suing for malpractice after Puget Sound VA unnecessarily delayed needed heart surgery over one week resulted in the veteran’s death. Veteran George Walker went to VA with heart...
View ArticleNew $1.7 Billion Aurora VA Hospital Will Serve Less Veterans Than Old Hospital
Leadership at the Department of Veteran Affairs just admitted its new over budget hospital at Aurora, Colorado will serve less veterans. During a House Committee on Veterans Affairs hearing, agency...
View ArticleVA OIG: Veterans Affairs Chief Business Office ‘Misused’ $3.1 Million In...
The money just keeps pouring out of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and this recent VA OIG investigation report of more IT failures keeps the trend moving. One thing to keep in mind here is that...
View ArticleNeglect, ‘Fly Infestation’ Linked To Spinal Cord Disease At Manchester VA
Clinical neglect and “longstanding fly infestation” in the operating room at Manchester VA are linked to higher than average instances of spinal cord disease in veterans there. Whistleblowers reported...
View ArticleNew VA Veteran Suicide Prevention Strategy Rolling Out In March
The Department of Veterans Affairs is rolling out new veteran suicide protocol in March to address its previous failures to make a dent in preventing suicide. The agency estimates the new plan will end...
View ArticleTone-Deaf DAV Recognizes Thomas Murphy For ‘Outstanding’ Veterans Advocacy
Thomas Murphy, the longtime acting chief of Veterans Benefits Administration, recently received the Outstanding Federal Executive of the Year award from DAV for his veterans advocacy. “The recipients...
View ArticleHealth Net ‘Miserable,’ Slammed For Veterans Choice Program Mismanagement
Senators have called on VA to intervene after Veterans Choice Program vendor Health Net failed to reform its practices to improve performance. Centene subsidiary Health Net Federal Services is...
View ArticleReport: Veterans Affairs Falsified Wait Times, Thousands Impacted
The Department of Veterans Affairs was just caught falsifying wait times for almost one thousand veterans who were wrongfully denied Veterans Choice Program access. VA OIG recently published a report...
View ArticleMarvel Comics Chairman ‘Regrets’ Recommending Shulkin
The chairman of Marvel Comics (ie Marvel Entertainment) feels betrayed by Secretary David Shulkin after putting his name out there for selection by President Trump in January 2017. Marvel Entertainment...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Has An $8 Million Sexual Harassment Problem
Lax sexual harassment policies and investigations have forced American taxpayers to fund millions in settlements to victims of Veterans Affairs supervisors perpetrating acts including masturbation,...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Doctor Fired For Sexually Molesting Veterans
A doctor employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs is facing charges for allegedly molesting veterans who were enrolled for healthcare in the Syracuse VA Medical Center system at the Watertown...
View ArticleDAV, VSOs Snub White House, Honor Fired VA Secretary Shulkin With Private...
Disabled American Veterans (DAV), the largest organization of disabled veterans, held a private award ceremony to honor fired VA secretary David Shulkin and his staff along with the other “big six”...
View ArticleTIME Lists VA Doctor In World’s Top 100 Most Influential People
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced one of its brain doctors is listed by TIME as among the top 100 most influential people in the world. Chief of neuropathology Dr. Ann McKee was named for...
View ArticleVeterans Choice Program Funding Almost Out
Acting secretary Robert Wilkie tries to sort out the Veterans Choice program mess before congressional funding for the same almost dries up. In two letters to Congress addressing the funding issue,...
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