{"id":46616,"date":"2014-05-10T08:13:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T12:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=46616"},"modified":"2014-05-10T08:13:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T12:13:44","slug":"va-caught-gaming-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=46616","title":{"rendered":"VA caught “gaming the system”"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Ric Shinseki prepares to lie to Congress again about stuff he knew and stuff he didn’t know, CNN<\/a> uncovers another whistleblower who says that he was told to “game the system” by bumping veterans (patients) in Wyoming whose appointments will be more than 14 days from the time they were put into the appointment system;<\/p>\n

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David Newman admits that it’s “gaming the system” but that veterans should know the rules of the game, you know, even though it’s a secret list of patients, so how are veterans supposed to know the “rules”?<\/p>\n

John McCain is calling for jail time for the people involved, according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“If these allegations are true, there a violation of law. It’s not a matter of resignations, it’s a matter whether somebody goes to jail or not,” said McCain, evoking thunderous applause from the crowd of more than 100 people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, I’ll believe it when i see it. Shinseki has ordered an internal investigation and we’ve seen these investigations at the VA before, so this is me not holding my breath. Meanwhile, we’ve been distracted from the backlogged claims problem, aren’t we? <\/p>\n

The VA clinics in Austin and San Antonio have found a way to deal with whistleblowers according to Stars & Stripes;<\/p>\n

The agency Friday identified the employee as scheduling clerk Philip Brian Turner. He told CNN on Wednesday that he had worked to make it appear as if wait times were shorter than they were at both clinics.<\/p>\n

But Marie Weldon, director of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System based here, told the San Antonio Express-News that the worker had recanted his claim that he had altered medical records at the clinic here in a bid to hide long wait times.<\/p>\n

She said his story changed after the clerk talked with an investigator, but did not know if he had also backed off from his claim concerning the clinic in Austin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as he brought that to our attention, we sat down with the employee and did a fact find where we interviewed him as well as some of the other staff and we could not substantiate his allegations. In fact, he ended up retracting his comments about South Texas,\u201d Weldon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was clear to us as well that he was somewhat confused about the process himself of scheduling patients and he was given refresher training as well,\u201d she added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No mention whether waterboarding was used in his “re-education” process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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