Officials with VA medical centers often failed to report health care providers who faced review after questions were raised about their clinical care, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office, or GAO.
Further, reviews of privileged providers – independent physicians and dentists approved to provide specific services for the VA – frequently went undocumented and were conducted months or even years after the initial complaint, the GAO reported.
“In 2015, GAO put the VHA on our high-risk list for a number of reasons, including ambiguous policies and
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