OIG is VA’s watchdog
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Since 2012, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Veterans Affairs has saved us $1.4 billion. They do this by showing up unannounced to do ... Continue Reading →
VA hospital patient commits suicide
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You’d think that hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs would be safe havens when it comes to preventing suicide. Not so, apparently.
A ... Continue Reading →
VA expands use of telehealth care
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The use of the Department of Veterans Affairs telehealth services rose 17% in one year, with 900,000 veterans opting to get care that way. That equated to 2.6 ... Continue Reading →
Home buyers, does the VA owe you money?
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Did you buy a home in the past 20 years using the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program? And did you then have a change in your disability rating? If ... Continue Reading →
Man dupes VA, collects dead sister’s benefits
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A man on the East Coast pretended to be his deceased sister for over two years, taking veterans disability benefits that continued to be deposited in her bank ... Continue Reading →
Bills for non-VA medical care not always paid
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You can’t always be in a convenient place when a medical emergency occurs. When you need care immediately, you get it at the closest place, and that might ... Continue Reading →
When a veteran dies without family
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When a veteran dies and there is no family to tend to the details, the cremated remains will sometimes stay in storage for years. They’re called Unclaimed ... Continue Reading →
VA, Medicare and opioid abuse
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Half of veterans who are enrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs health care also are signed up with Medicare Part D. What that means is they can get their ... Continue Reading →
A flu shot could save your life
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Some of us just don’t want to get a flu shot every year. It’s too much trouble to get an appointment, or we just don’t like needles or ... Continue Reading →
When VA doctors aren’t doctors
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Consider this: A Department of Veterans Affairs medical employee, whose salary is paid for by the taxpayers and who is on the VA list of employees, doesn’t ... Continue Reading →
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