Posted on 05/29/2014 6:39:42 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This interim report provides an overview of our ongoing review at the Phoenix Health Care System (HCS), identifies the allegations we have substantiated to date, and provides recommendations that VA should implement immediately. Allegations at the Phoenix HCS include gross mismanagement of VA resources and criminal misconduct by VA senior hospital leadership, creating systemic patient safety issues and possible wrongful deaths. While our work is not complete, we have substantiated that significant delays in access to care negatively impacted the quality of care at this medical facility.
We initiated this review in response to allegations first reported to the OIG Hotline and expanded it at the request of the VA Secretary and the Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) following an HVAC hearing on April 9, 2014, on delays in VA medical care and preventable veteran deaths. Since receiving those requests we have received other congressional requests including those submitted by the Chair and Ranking Members of the following Committees and Subcommittees: HVAC Ranking Member; HVAC Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; House Appropriations Committee; House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee; Senate Appropriations Committee; and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. In addition, we received requests from Senators John McCain, Jeff Flake, Dianne Feinstein, Charles Grassley, Tom Udall, and Michael Bennet; and Representatives Kyrsten Sinema and Jack Kingston. We also have requests from a number of Texas House members specific to facilities in Texas.
The issues identified in current allegations are not new. Since 2005, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued 18 reports that identified, at both the national and local levels, deficiencies in scheduling resulting in lengthy waiting times and the negative impact on patient care....
(Excerpt) Read more at va.gov ...
Short version, “Death Panels test in VA is working”
The one thing missing from all of this are the results of numerous law suits against the VA for wrongful death.
I have to wonder how many of them are out there. I also have to wonder how many are “sealed” to hide the true size of the issue.
Wonder who/how a FOIA request could be made to access those documents.
I found out yesterday, during the broadcast of The Moon Griffon Show, from Cassidy, the challenger to Landrieu’s seat, that veterans seeking pschiatric treatment have to travel from Louisiana to Houston, Texas, to receive their care!!! From the VAMC a mile up the street, to Houston, is a good 4 hour ride, and always arriving in the Houston morning rush hour stuff, even leaving at 4am in the morning.
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Our WWII veteran retiree avoided the VA hospital 18 miles away and traveled to an Air Force Base Hospital about 70 miles away to get better healthcare.
Shreveport (N. LA) to Houston is a LONG drive. So is the drive to Dallas. Done it many times - Baton Rouge to Dallas or Austin and back. And who does Homeland Security put on BOLA lists...? Vets seeking HC.
Did they answer the 2nd part of the question...? Of course not. I'm sure they know.
WhiskyX wrote:
“Our WWII veteran retiree avoided the VA hospital 18 miles away and traveled to an Air Force Base Hospital about 70 miles away to get better healthcare.”
USAF brat and former E5, don’t blame him a bit!
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