The VA wait time scandal broke in the spring of 2014 after allegations surfaced that veterans died while waiting for care at the VA Phoenix Health Care System. The wait time issues and manipulated appointment scheduling subsequently were found to be a nationwide pro...
WASHINGTON - Government investigators found no proof that delaysin care caused veterans to die...Ohlemacher, Stephen
In one hospital and six clinics served by the VA Phoenix Health Care System, the audit report charged it had identified 1,700 veterans waiting for a primary care appointment, but who were not on the EWL. “Until that happens, the reported wait time for these veterans has...
“I have reviewed the interim report, and the findings are reprehensible to me, to this Department, and to Veterans,” Shinseki said, according to National Journal.“I am directing that the Phoenix VA Health Care System immediately triage each of the 1,700 Veterans iden...
"When I see [my health care provider], they offer me top-notch care," said Ryan Gallucci of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Sanders promised more hearings on the misconduct after the OIG completes its independent investigation in Phoenix....
On Wednesday,President Barack Obama finally addressed the issue publicly-- including allegations that 40 veterans may have died waiting for care at a Phoenix VA hospital. That hospital is among 26 being investigated nationwide, according to the VA inspector general. ...
Invited by British Council and Diageo, Robin Zhang spoke at the news conference in Beijing to summarize social impact of British Council’s “further training” which is part of the “Skills for Social Entrepreneurs” project, as well as the “Phoenix” Project co-launched by British Council an...
The choice program was a key component of last year's sweeping law approved in response to reports that dozens of veterans died while waiting for appointments at a VA hospital in Phoenix, and that appointment records were manipulated to hide the delays. A series of government reports said worke...
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The VA removed the director of the Central Alabama Health Care System on Oct. 24, the first such senior ouster. The VA has also proposed removing senior leaders in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The Phoenix system became a symbol of the VA’s dysfunction, and its woes forced Shinseki’s resignati...