Robert W. Van Boven, M.D., D.D.S.
The Need for Cultural Reform at the VA
Published in Physician Law Weekly, December 17th, 2008
As a physician who proudly serves our veterans of war, I was deeply saddened by the recent revelation of deceptive practices at VAs in New York -- a Newsday article reported that hundreds of veterans' benefit claims were misdated by the VA to make it appear that they were processed on time. This latest affront to integrity comes at the heels of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee roundtable discussion on November 19th regarding the VA's shredding of hundreds of claims at other sites. These are metastatic manifestations of a systemic illness: failures of leadership and a cultural decay at the VA.
The VA bureaucratic remedy' Plans for the VA shredding debacle include...
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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2008-12-17)
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