[The report by the VA inspector general, a copy of which was obtained by USA TODAY, noted that two practitioners at the center were among the highest prescribers of opiates in a multistate region — at “considerable variance” compared with most opioid prescribers. That, the report said, raised “potentially serious concerns.”]
This is speculation but the suspect physicians may have been over-prescribing narcotics as part of a for-profit, criminal scheme.