The Veterans Affairs hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia had a brilliant plan to fix a 600-spot shortage in their parking lot: spend almost $10 million to build 25 new parking spots. The hospital administration’s original proposal was to build 430 spots for $9.7 million. But after six years and $400,000 of planning costs, outside auditors... Read more »

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For the first time ever, the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary has called for strong accountability measures at the VA. The VA issued a statement Friday afternoon calling on Congress to pass the VA Accountability First Act so administrators can begin to clean up the agency. The statement came after administrators were told they had... Read more »

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Two weeks ago, a bipartisan coalition in the House stood up for veterans and passed the VA Accountability First Act of 2017. This much-needed piece of legislation would give the VA Secretary the authority to discipline and fire those employees found guilty of misconduct, among other needed reforms. The House has stood up for veterans,... Read more »

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Even if you have reached the point where #VAFails don’t shock you anymore, this one will shock you. A group of Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) employees – administrative law judges, attorneys and managers to be specific – were discovered to have created a listserv called the “Forum of Hate.” This forum served as a... Read more »

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Last week, 237 members of the U.S. House of Representatives stood up for veterans by voting in favor of the VA Accountability First Act of 2017, H.R. 1259. This bipartisan legislation will protect veterans from corrupt employees at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The 2017 VA Accountability First Act: shortens the overall termination... Read more »

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Last week Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) introduced a bill to ensure better tracking of employee time spent on union activity. The Veterans, Employees and Taxpayers (VET) Protection Act would require that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibit those involved directly with patient care from spending more than a quarter (25 percent) of their official... Read more »

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This week the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) held a hearing on the Choice Program and its implementation since becoming law less than three years ago. Since that time, the Choice Program has allowed some veterans to seek care outside the VA health care system if their wait time is longer than 30 days or... Read more »

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Quality of care at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Phoenix has once again proven to be severely lacking. Earlier this week, a judge ruled in favor of Steven Cooper, an 18-year Army veteran, in his medical malpractice suit against the VA. A nurse practitioner who performed an examination on Cooper “breached the standard of... Read more »

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Whether it’s failing to process veterans’ medical claims or mishandling veterans’ private information, the VA has a huge document control issue it just can’t seem to fix. When it was found years ago that veterans were dying due in part to delays in processing claims, the VA announced it would work on finding solutions to... Read more »

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Whether it’s failing to process veterans’ medical claims or mishandling veterans’ private information, the VA has a huge document control issue it just can’t seem to fix. When it was found years ago that veterans were dying due in part to delays in processing claims, the VA announced it would work on finding solutions to... Read more »

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