Wish I Was In Dixie… Hooray? Mississippi Outpatient Clinics Deficient...
According to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Mississippi’s satellite outpatient clinics of the Jackson VA Medical Center need a few “corrective measures.” This is nothing new to us; if you...
View ArticleAtlanta VA Shuffles Staff After Hospital Downgrade To Among Worst
The Atlanta VA Medical Center just shuffled around a large portion of its leadership team after the facility was downgraded to among the worst VA centers in the nation. With one leader retiring and...
View ArticleFormer VA Psychiatrist Convicted For Witness Tampering, Patient Sex
One former VA psychiatrist was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for maintaining a sexual relationship with a patient and tampering a witness. From 2013 to 2016, VA psychiatrist Stephen Lester Greer,...
View ArticleNeuroFlow: VA Pilot Program Integrates Mental Health Records For Primary Care
VA is running a pilot program with NeuroFlow as part of the Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant to treat the “whole person” using mental health technology. The platform initiative is...
View ArticleIG Report: Audiology Wait Time Fraud Investigated At Baltimore VA
IG just issued its report into fraud allegations at Baltimore VA into audiology wait times possibly impacting veterans seeking disability benefits for hearing loss: The Department of Veterans Affairs...
View ArticleWas Elderly Veteran Death Caused By VA Police Beating?
The Department of Veterans Affairs is dodging questions from two US senators about a veteran’s death following a VA Police altercation at Kansas City VA Medical Center. The veteran in question was Dale...
View ArticleIG: Veterans Affairs Confused About The Role Of Its VA Police
A report issued yesterday revealed Veterans Affairs is mismanaging its VA police force resulting in millions in overtime paid while some veteran patients go without protection. There are almost 4,000...
View ArticleVA Police Beating Of Veteran Ended In Death From Possible TBI, Stroke
USA TODAY was able to secure additional records in the death of an elderly veteran following a VA police arrest at Kansas City VA Medical Center. The veteran who died was 66 year old Dale Farhner of...
View ArticleVeterans Targeted By Phone Scammers Before Holidays
Officials at Chillicothe VA Medical Center reported multiple VA police calls from veterans claiming phone scammers are calling them. The Chillicothe VA Police Deportment, located at the medical center,...
View ArticleIt’s Official: VA Issues Formal Moratorium On Caregiver Purges
It is official; Veterans Affairs has temporarily ceased purging veterans’ caregivers from the VA Caregiver Program after pressure from Congress over unlawful discharges. Two days after getting pressure...
View ArticleIs VA Playing Politics With Its Suicide Prevention Dollars?
Last week, a great deal of press coverage discussed the GAO finding that VA stopped spending its money on suicide prevention advertising, but little talked about why VA stopped those programs. RELATED:...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Will Not Build Anticipated Mental Health Building
The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, located in Spokane, Washington, will not build its anticipated $15 million mental health building in 2019. The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center was in the news...
View ArticleOIG: Vietnam Vets Screwed Out Of $1B In Presumptive VA Benefits
A new watchdog report shows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may owe some disabled Vietnam veterans up to... The post OIG: Vietnam Vets Screwed Out Of $1B In Presumptive VA Benefits appeared...
View ArticleSecretary Collins’ First Big Test: Fixing the VA Community Care Network Scandal
Background: A Quiet Problem As the new administration begins its work, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces a... The post Secretary Collins’ First Big Test: Fixing the VA Community Care...
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