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New Brockton / Western Mass VA Investigations
http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140621/NEWS/140629177/1994/NEWSVeterans face long waits for care, services
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More than 56,000 veterans have been waiting longer than 90 days for a VA medical appointment, and an additional 63,869 never had an appointment after enrolling in the VA health system over the past decade, according the June 9 audit. VA officials say they have since reached out to 70,000 veterans stranded on waiting lists.
The audits revealed the situation is generally better in Massachusetts than in many other states.
Federal investigators have uncovered potential evidence of fraudulent scheduling records at dozens of VA hospitals across the country, with 13 percent of schedulers interviewed in the audit reporting that they had been instructed to enter false scheduling data to make wait times look shorter than they really were.
Auditors flagged 81 sites, including the Brockton division of the VA Boston Healthcare System and the Leeds-based VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, for further review regarding scheduling and access management, although the report doesn’t indicate fraudulent practices in those facilities.
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As far as I can tell, those are the only two VA locations flagged in MA.