VA Healthcare
Veterans Choice Program Contractors Overpaid By $100 Million In Bulk Payments
An IG report released this week showed VA contractors administering the Veterans Choice Program were overpaid $100 million from March 2016 to March 2017.Bulk...
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VA Healthcare
Typical Bureaucracy: GAO Finds VA Created New Wait Times Problem To Fix Old Wait Times Problem
GAO just published its report following an audit into the Veterans Choice Program and how well that program has reduced wait times affecting veterans’...
News & Legislation
Senate 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...
News & Legislation
Veterans 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...
VA Healthcare
Report: 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...
VA Healthcare
Health 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...
Recent Articles
Disabled Veteran Student Loan Forgiveness To Be Streamlined
President Donald Trump ordered his administration to create streamlined procedures for student loan forgiveness of certain disabled veteran.By...
Former VA Doctor Charged With 3 Counts Of Involuntary Manslaughter
The former chief pathologist at one at Fayetteville VA
Medical Center was indicted on three counts of involuntary
manslaughter and 28 counts of mail...
NBC Nightly News Picks Up Non-VA Emergency Room Bill Denial Story
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is now covering the
wrongful non-VA
emergency room denial story first exposed in 2017 leading to a nationwide
investigation.
IG: Wrongful ER Denials Costs Veterans Over $500 Million
The IG blasted the Department of Veterans Affairs over its non-VA
ER denial scheme that could cost veterans over $500 million in wrongful
denials....
The Future Of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Records
Despite intense oversight pressure, VA failed to properly track its $2+ billion in spending on its electronic health records system.The Government Accounting Office (GAO)...
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