Claims Trimmed In $2.5M VA Staffer Sex Assault Suit By Y. Peter Kang Law360, Los Angeles (April 11, 2017, 8:05 PM EDT) — A Kansas federal judge on Monday dismissed a negligent hiring claim against…
It’s been five months since Mark E. Wisner learned he’ll spend more than 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting veterans during medical exams. And while the criminal case is over, civil actions filed against…
A recent investigation by the U.S. Office of Inspector General found U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials at nearly every level knew of sterilization issues and equipment problems at the Washington DC VA Medical Center,…
A stinging internal investigation finds “failed leadership at multiple levels” at the Veterans Administration during the Obama administration that put patients at a major hospital at risk. It’s another blow to current Secretary David Shulkin,…
The D.C. Veterans Affairs hospital is under fire after a new inspector general report revealed that the facility was knowingly misusing taxpayer funds and putting patients at risk. In Inspector General Michael J. Missal’s own…
A female Air Force veteran has revealed horrifying scars and a catalog of ill health following what she claims was a botched removal of her ovaries allegedly performed by a Veteran’s Affairs surgeon. Robin Temple…
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) Many hospitals in Maine provide services to veterans through the VA Choice Program, a system where veterans can choose to receive care closer to home instead of traveling to a VA facility…
An unidentified U.S. military veteran committed suicide Monday in the waiting room of a Veterans Affairs hospital in St. Louis. Michelle Woodling, a city police officer, said the 62-year-old killed himself inside the John Cochran…
IOWA CITY — A former nursing assistant with the Iowa City VA Health Care System is accused of stealing more than $1,000 from her patients. According to a criminal complaint from the U.S. Department of…
an unauthorized Microsoft Access database was operating at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (LBHCS). The allegations stated that the unauthorized database hosted Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) and all of the Veterans Health Administration’s 24…