Will Trump’s Next Pick For VA Secretary Have Their Career Ruined, Too?
So far, President Donald Trump is batting two for two in picking nominees for VA secretary who go on to have their careers ruined in short order. Former VA secretary David Shulkin served for barely one...
View ArticleMulti-Year Fly Infestation In VA Operating Rooms, 80 Surgeries Canceled
An undercover reporter wearing a hidden camera at West Los Angeles VA found a multi-year fly infestation in operating rooms at the facility. Over 80 surgeries were canceled as a result. Investigative...
View ArticleFormer UPS Employee Allegedly Stole Painkillers Intended For Veterans
A Casper, Wyoming man and former UPS employee pled not guilty to allegations of stealing painkillers intended for veterans at the VA medical center located in Sheridan. The theft occurred over the...
View ArticleRAND Study Says VA Healthcare As Good Or Better Than Private Sector, Again;...
A new RAND study claims VA healthcare is as good or better than private sector care, at least when respun by VA. For the past few years, RAND has published numerous other studies spun by VA and the...
View ArticleTrump May Pick 40-Year VA Insider To Run Veterans Health Administration
President Donald Trump may pick the head of VA medical doctors as the new head of Veterans Health Administration who has been at the agency for over forty years. Veterans may get to know Dr. Samuel...
View ArticleAudit: VA Spends $1.9 Billion On Annual Research, Earns Only $316k In Royalties
A new GAO report shows VA is investing $1.9 billion annually on research but is only earning $316,000 in royalties and licensure. Research universities failed to inform VA 75 percent of the time about...
View ArticleVA Says Disability Compensation Changes Due To ‘Modern Medicine’
VA announced its newest round of changes to disability compensation regulations last week ushering in a new sequence of events ultimately designed to reduce payouts to veterans with disabilities....
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Trumps States Rights With Telehealth Expansion Laws
The Department of Veterans Affairs just passed a new federal regulation to allow its doctors, nurses and other health care providers to administer care to veterans using telehealth or other virtual...
View ArticleSenate Passes $55 Billion Veterans Health Reform Bill, VA Mission ACT
Lawmakers at a vote of 92-5 passed key Veterans Health Reform legislation today costing taxpayers $55 billion called S. 2372 VA Mission ACT of 2018. The bill is now on its way to the White House for...
View ArticleFOIA Reveals VA Public Affairs Double Standard On Racism Allegations
The Department of Veterans Affairs just released numerous pages of documents from its Public Affairs division about how to handle the agency response to a racist “F@CKING WHITE PRIVILEGE” comment on...
View ArticleTypical Bureaucracy: GAO Finds VA Created New Wait Times Problem To Fix Old...
GAO just published its report following an audit into the Veterans Choice Program and how well that program has reduced wait times affecting veterans’ timely access to needed or required health care....
View ArticleTrump’s VA Boasts Of Bucking Obama-Era Secrecy In Agency Press Release
In another curious press release from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency’s propaganda arm highlighted its release of nursing home ratings as bucking Obama-era resistance to transparency....
View ArticleVA OIG Report Reveals Continued Failure To Hire Enough Doctors
A report from VA OIG shows VA is still failing to hire enough doctors and nurses despite record taxpayer funding and heightened focus on increasing hiring in those vital categories. A survey conducted...
View ArticleIG Investigation Into Mismanagement Allegations At Topeka VA
The Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas hosted a bit of a surprise inspection recently. An anonymous tip suggested the hospital’s faculty were not properly using their clinical...
View ArticleShoplifters Will Be Prosecuted? Bizarre VA Losses Plague Ohio
Since 2014, VA hospitals across the state of Ohio have been “losing” expensive medical equipment in five- and six-figure amounts. This equipment is, as of yet, unaccounted for. Ohio’s five VA locations...
View ArticleEpic Fail? Scheduling System Sticks Out Like a Sore Thumb
We’ve been following new developments in the EHR project closely, and this one’s a doozy. The outfit they picked for scheduling appointments, Epic, isn’t the $10 billion contract winner, Cerner. They...
View ArticleFirst, Do No Harm – VA Committee Launches Patient Wellness Investigation
USA Today and The Boston Globe recently reported on VA nursing homes receiving poor internal rankings in secret. If you have been following our blog, we also posted on this topic. Almost half the...
View ArticleMore Veterans May Get Dental Care If Bernie Sanders Legislation Passes
Legislation proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would expand dental care to all veterans eligible for VA health care. Under Bernie Sander’s legislation, VA would receive funding to create a...
View ArticleFormer VA Contractor Official Took Over $2.5 Million In Kickbacks
The former project manager of a VA contractor with for over $200 million in performed contracts with the government including Veterans Affairs pled guilty to taking $2.5 million in kickbacks. Bhaskar...
View ArticleHot Off The Press! VA Keeping Blood Bank Too Warm Since 2004
A FOIA investigation revealed the Washington DC VA Medical Center has consistently failed to keep its blood bank consistently cool since 2004. Channel 4 NBC submitted FOIA requests to FDA for records...
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