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Investigation: LV Veterans Affairs

By Associated Press

12/24/2015

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - An internal investigation has found that a Veterans Affairs medical center in Leavenworth used unauthorized wait lists, but didn't substantiate claims the lists were used to falsify wait times for veterans.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Veterans Affairs Inspector General's Office investigated falsified wait list claims following a 2014 complaint. Their report was released Tuesday.

Inspectors say Leavenworth eye clinic scheduling staff used wait lists that had not been approved by the VA. The report also says that staff members weren't trained to use the VA-approved electronic wait lists.

The Veterans Health Administration, a component of the VA, doesn't track wait times for cataract surgery so inspectors concluded the Leavenworth facility didn't use unapproved lists to distort its wait times, as a complaint had claimed.

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