Headline:
Veterans Health Care: Training and Improved Oversight Needed for Reviewing and Reporting Providers with Clinical Care Concerns
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What the record says:
The source headline is: Veterans Health Care: Training and Improved Oversight Needed for Reviewing and Reporting Providers with Clinical Care Concerns. The source summary says: What GAO Found Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facility officials are responsible for reviewing the clinical care delivered by their providers when concerns arise. GAO identified 104 providers with clinical care concerns (such as practicing in a manner that is unsafe or inconsistent with industry standards of care) at five selected VHA medical facilities between January 2020 and July 2024. GAO found these facilities did not consistently adhere to VHA policy when conducting quality reviews, or reporting providers to state licensing boards or the National Practitioner Data Bank. All five facilities also had missing or incomplete review documentation. As of March 2026, VHA has developed some mandatory training for facility staff related to credentialing providers, but not any on quality review and reporting processes. By failing to follow VHA policy, facilities increase the ris
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Source:
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107528
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https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107528