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8 Jul 2014, 7:22 am
Here are the opening paragraphs: A counselor at the local Veterans Affairs office looked at Rebecca King, a victim of domestic violence and abuse who was seeking help for depression, and told her she would not be able to see a psychologist. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 10:28 am
Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be stepping up efforts to identify and properly treat post-traumatic stress disorder of our service men and women. [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 1:09 pm
Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday announced it has finalized a lease agreement with a company that wants to build a veteran-focused residential community on the 94-acre home of the former Fort Howard VA Medical Center. [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 4:33 am
As many as 10 percent of Desert Storm veterans have PTSD.* About 30 percent of Vietnam veterans have been diagnosed with PTSD.* The Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System at 600 South 70th St. offers PTSD treatment, as do all VA medical centers.* The At Ease program at Lutheran Family Services, 2900 O St., is one of several faith-based treatment programs for active military, veterans and loved ones dealing with PTSD. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 7:50 am
Here are excerpts: Already pilloried for long wait times for medical appointments, the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs has fallen short of another commitment: to attend to the needs of the rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 5:34 am
He relinquished his prescription license since, he said, it wasn’t required for his part-time job conducting surgery at a Veterans Affairs hospital. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 12:01 pm
It’s not just a backlog issue, the wide-ranging Veterans Affairs review indicated. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 6:02 am
"All of the veterans came in for help because they were short of breath, said Szema, who also heads the allergy clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, N.Y. [read post]
29 May 2014, 4:46 pm
We initiated this review in response to allegations first reported to the OIG Hotline and expanded it at the request of the VA Secretary and the Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC). [read post]
29 May 2014, 10:38 am
Griffin, the acting inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs, confirming that VA administrators “manipulated medical waiting lists at one and possibly more hospitals” and that “1,700 patients at the veterans medical center in Phoenix were not placed on the official waiting list for doctors’ appointments and may never have received care. [read post]
29 May 2014, 7:48 am
Gove commended the federal government for finally expanding the number of veterans who can receive care at private hospitals in an effort to address the backlog at Veterans’ Affairs (VA) facilities. [read post]
27 May 2014, 8:29 am
In the wake of the Phoenix VA Medical Center scandal, more secret Veterans Affairs (VA) waiting lists have been revealed, totaling eight facilities. [read post]
17 May 2014, 7:51 pm
As the New York Times reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs' inspector general is working with federal prosecutors who are trying to determine whether criminal violations occurred at a medical center in Phoenix accused of falsifying data or creating secret waiting lists intended to hide months long delays for veterans to see doctors, a top official told a Senate committee on Thursday.I can already hear our friends in the defense… [read post]
7 May 2014, 1:00 pm
The facts of the case were as follows: Bethel, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, was under the care of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center when he underwent general anesthesia. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 7:53 am
In a ten-year period, the Department of Veterans Affairs has had to pay a huge amount of money to the families of veterans who died as a result of medical malpractice by VA hospitals or doctors. [read post]
5 Apr 2014, 2:37 am
Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in West Los Angeles after doctors give him a 30-day supply of the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam and a 15-day supply of methadone.In Shreveport, La., a veteran overdoses on morphine while housed in a locked VA psychiatric unit. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 5:25 am
If, for instance, Veterans Affairs provides you with health care benefits based on your income, home-sale profits that improve your financial status could trigger an end to that ben- efit, says Mitch Adel, an elder law specialist and senior partner at Cooper, Adel & Associates in Centerburg, Ohio. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 4:49 am
He noted that he encountered numerous diagnostic errors first-hand — many of them his own — during 20 years working at Northport, New York’s Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 5:00 pm
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, Modern and many other national and local publications. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 8:49 am
Congress returns to Washington today to convene the second session of the 113th Congress, and it’s a good time to take stock of what was achieved in 2013 and the pathway for animals in the New Year. [read post]
