Federal investigators could force former Veterans Affairs employees to testify about possible wrongdoing and waste within the department even after they leave their government jobs under legislation expected to be ...
Veterans Affairs officials insist they are getting better at processing disability claims related to military sexual trauma, but outside critics say more still needs to be done to restore victims’ ...
A federal watchdog on Wednesday blasted the “broken culture” at the Veterans Health Administration in regards to patient safety and said major reforms are needed to protect the lives of ...
“Severe” staffing shortages in clinical psychiatry, nursing, and among medical officers continue at Veteran Health Administration facilities, according to a recent VA Inspector General report released Tuesday. But despite these ...
Thanks to a lack of internal oversight, the Veterans Health Administration’s Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) paid “about $10 million more than reasonable rates” for prosethic devices in a ...
The growing Veterans Justice Outreach program, which has helped ease criminal justice problems for veterans’ across the U.S., is working, but the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to make some ...
Inadequate oversight by Veterans Affairs senior leaders and a fear of whistleblower reprisal among other staffers allowed a department pathologist to make thousands of serious medical errors, including the deaths ...
As demand for mental health services and suicide prevention programs increases within Veterans Affairs offices, staffers there may be at risk of exhaustion and burnout if changes aren’t made to ...
An outside watchdog is recommending that Veterans Affairs halt deployment of its new electronic medical records system until serious problems with its operations are addressed, but department officials insist the ...