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60-Minutes: FDA Wrong To Allow Long Term Use Of Opioids Says Ex-Commissioner
CBS 60 Minutes plans to air its interview with a former FDA commissioner that the agency was wrong to allow long term use of opioids…
Veterans Affairs Launches New Claims And Appeals Modernization Process
The Department of Veterans Affairs just released its new procedures governing benefits claims and appeals as part of the 2017 appeals modernization laws. This is…
CDC Surveillance Project To Access Veterans’ Health Records
Veterans’ health records will now be accessed for a CDC surveillance project to evaluate public health data. In a press release, VA says it will…
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Gets 11 Years Prison, Defrauded 88 Disabled Vets
One VA employee working as a Voc Rehab Counselor was sentenced Friday to 11 years for defrauding 88 disabled veterans in a $2 million bribery…
VA Benefits Rolls Out Biggest Appeals Changes In Decades Next Week
The biggest changes to VA benefits appeals in decades will roll out next week that will speed up some claims at the expense of increased…
Apple To Access VA Health Records In New iPhone App Release
In a new partnership with VA, Apple will now access VA health records through numerous iPhone apps for veterans willing to accept convenience over privacy….
VA Voc Rehab Counselor Guilty In $2 Mil Bribe Scheme, Steered Vets Into Bad Retraining Program For Kickbacks
According to DOJ, one VA Voc Rehab Counselor pled guilty of steering veterans into a bad retraining program in exchange for kickbacks that duped veterans…
For Valentines Day, Check Out Documentary ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’
Nothing is more romantic for Valentines Day than curling up with a loved one than a nice bowl of popcorn and a First World War…
WashPo Finally Confirms Well Known Parking Lot Suicide Problem
After more than a year working on the story, off and on, Washington Post finally published its article about the high number of veterans committing…
VA To Pay $111 Million To Swiss Owned Firm For Veteran Genomic Research
The Department of Veterans Affairs just signed a “comprehensive genomic sequencing” contract for researching veterans with cancer. The Swiss drugmaker Roche owns the firm, called…
Choice? DoD Admits Plans Underway To Merge With VA Health Care
Bruha over Veterans Choice is distracting the public from a little know DoD plan that could rock the future of VA Health Administration far more…
Why Does Congress Need To Remind VA To Be Honest?
In a bipartisan letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, members of Congress reminded him that upcoming major transitions “require VA to be more open, transparent,…