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Report: Kansas VA medical center used unauthorized wait lists
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2015/12/23/report-kansas-va-medical-center-used-unauthorized-wait-lists/77857150/
Report: Kansas VA medical center used unauthorized wait lists
The Associated Press 7:18 p.m. EST December 23, 2015
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — An internal investigation has found that a Veterans Affairs medical center in Leavenworth used unauthorized wait lists, but didn't substantiate claims the lists were used to falsify wait times for veterans.
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Inspectors said Leavenworth eye clinic scheduling staff- used wait lists that were not approved by the VA. The report also said that staff members weren't trained to use the VA-approved electronic wait lists.
The Veterans Health Administration, a component of the VA, doesn't track wait times for cataract surgery so inspectors concluded the Leavenworth facility didn't use unapproved lists to distort its wait times, as a complaint claimed.
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The report also criticized the local VA centers for "less than expected" productivity from their ophthalmologists.
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