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VA hires doctors despite disclosures of malpractice


VA hires providers with past malpractice, discipline - USA Today

The VA has repeatedly hired doctors with problem pasts in recent years, some of whom went on to harm veteran patients, a USA TODAY ...

VA hires doctors despite disclosures of malpractice, disciplinary issues

A neurosurgeon disclosed a series of malpractice claims spanning two states when he applied for work at a VA hospital in Iowa.

VA hiring doctors with previous malpractice claims and issues

USA TODAY's investigation uncovered that the department had potentially hired multiple problem doctors despite having a “rigorous” hiring ...

Investigation Shows VA Hires Doctors with a History of Medical ...

Questionable hiring practices, as well as negligent retention of unfit medical professionals, could implicate the VA in medical malpractice ...

VA policy for hiring doctors has violated law for last 15 years

The Department of Veterans Affairs has allowed its hospitals across the country to hire health care providers with revoked medical licenses for at least 15 ...

Iowa City VA hospital sued for hiring surgeon with revoked license

The survivors of an Iowa veteran who died after brain surgery at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Iowa City are suing the VA for illegally hiring a surgeon.

USA Today: VA knowingly hired physicians with malpractice, legal ...

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department allegedly illegally hired several physicians whose medical licenses had been revoked in other states or ...

Illegal VA policy allowed hiring doctors with revoked licenses - Home

In 2002, the VA issued national guidelines allowing VA hospitals to hire doctors who had revoked medical licenses as long as the individual ...

VA knowingly hires doctors with past malpractice claims - Reddit

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VA Hospitals Reportedly Facing Numerous Incidents Of Medical ...

Other reported hires included a doctor considered to be a potentially dangerous felon and another that is a sexual predator. Meanwhile, the ...

VA used illegal policy to hire medical workers with revoked licenses ...

Those illegal guidelines, USA Today discovered, have resulted in the hiring of doctors and other health care workers who never should have been ...

Investigation uncovers questionable physician vetting at the VA

... hired physicians with histories of malpractice ... though he disclosed the license revocation and other malpractice issues on his application.

Veterans Affairs reportedly hires doctors with malpractice claims

... Veterans Affairs (VA) hires physicians and ... medical malpractice. ... despite having reported these indiscretions, he was hired on for the role.

USA Today finds multiple VA hospitals hire doctors with legal ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hired doctors with a history of malpractice and legal complaints, according to a USA Today ...

Veterans Affairs pays $950,000 to patient treated by ex-Iowa surgeon

The case is one of several nationally in which VA hospitals have hired physicians who were disciplined in other states. For example, the Iowa ...

Are VA Hospitals Prone to Medical Malpractice? - MedMalFirm.com

When USA Today began investigating healthcare providers hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs, a pattern quickly emerged. A series of ...

Did Agency Knowingly Hire Dangerous Doctors?; More - Medscape

The Veterans Administration (VA) knowingly hired doctors whose malpractice or disciplinary history should have raised serious concerns with ...

VA doctor, barred from seeing patients, paid $1M despite 'no job ...

VA doctor, barred from seeing patients, paid $1M despite 'no job responsibilities' ... G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center ...