More than 1.5 million medical orders were canceled by the Department of Veterans Affairs without any guarantee the patients received the treatment or tests they needed, the Washington Examiner has found.
Since May 2013, veterans' medical centers nationwide have been under pressure to clear out 2 million backlogged orders for patient care or services.
They were given wide latitude to cancel unfilled appointments more than 90 days old. By April 2014, the backlog of what the agency calls “unresolved consults” was down to about 450,000.
What happened to other 1.5 million appointments is something that no one, including top officials at the veterans’ agency, can answer.
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| He sure puts on a good show .. huh? |
A review by the Government Accountability Office of the process VA used to close old consult orders found that poor documentation in patient files and the lack of independent verification made it impossible to know whether patients got care they needed before their medical orders were canceled.
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| Lots of photo-ops |
“We found they closed consults but there was no evidence as to why it was closed,” Debra Draper, health care director for the GAO, told the Examiner.
“By not having that independent verification or any other controls, there isn’t any way of knowing whether they were appropriately closed out,” Draper said.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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1 comment:
Now I don't feel so bad. But the VA Recently FOUND medical records which helps me. But why wasn't I given a copy of these records? This is not the same GOVERNMENT I volunteered for in 1963. I cannot trust this government. DO YOU??
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