Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Georgia VA Center Manager Indicted For Directing Staff To Falsify Wait-Time Records
The Washington Post: VA Manager Indicted On 50 Counts Of Falsifying Records Of Veterans Waiting For Medical Care
A manager at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Georgia is on leave with pay following his indictment on 50 counts of ordering his staff to falsify medical records of veterans waiting for outside medical care. The case against Cathedral Henderson appears to be the first round of criminal charges stemming from a wait-times scandal that came to light last year and led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. (Rein, 7/20)
The Washington Post: Indicted VA Manager Worked In Hospital In Turmoil
The Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Ga., was a hospital with systemic failures. Its gastrointestinal clinic was so overwhelmed and mismanaged that close to 5,000 referrals for endoscopies were delayed, auditors found, resulting in the deaths of three cancer patients in 2011 and 2012, hospital officials acknowledged in published reports. (Rein, 7/20)
