{"id":30586,"date":"2022-04-12T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/12\/va-leaders-failing-to-report-problematic-physicians-to-state-authorities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:45:57","slug":"va-leaders-failing-to-report-problematic-physicians-to-state-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2022\/04\/12\/va-leaders-failing-to-report-problematic-physicians-to-state-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"VA leaders failing to report problematic physicians to state authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/03\/28\/veterans-affairs-would-get-another-big-budget-boost-under-white-houses-fiscal-2023-spending-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs officials<\/a> are failing to consistently notify state medical boards when department physicians are fired for malpractice or incompetence, a situation that could put the public at risk, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/oig\/pubs\/VAOIG-20-00827-126.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">investigation by the VA inspector general<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a report released last week, the watchdog office found that \u201cfor a majority of cases involving separated healthcare professionals, VA medical facility directors failed to follow mandatory processes for reporting [those individuals] to state licensing boards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials warned that \u201cfailure to comply with these reporting processes leaves [state officials] unaware of a healthcare professional\u2019s practice deficiencies and ultimately violates an important VA commitment to protect the health of veterans and the public,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2022\/03\/28\/veterans-affairs-would-get-another-big-budget-boost-under-white-houses-fiscal-2023-spending-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1157263286.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veterans Affairs budget would get another big boost under White House\u2019s 2023 spending plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Administration officials are pushing for a 20 percent increase in VA program funding for next fiscal year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The review was prompted by a series of cases in 2020 involving the dismissal of poor-performing VA medical staffers. Officials from the Inspector General\u2019s Office said those cases revealed broader concerns about how well facility directors understood and followed rules regarding notification to outside medical review boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under current rules, the Veterans Health Administration requires those leaders to submit a report to state licensing boards or the National Practitioner Data Bank \u201cwhen substantial evidence supports a reasonable conclusion that the professional\u2019s clinical practice raises a reasonable concern for the safety of patients or the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA rules only cover physicians and dentists, and not other health care professionals. The reports allow outside officials to bar the problematic physicians from working in other public-sector or private-sector posts where they might repeat the same mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in 107 cases reviewed by the inspector general, only 44 were deemed fully compliant with those reporting rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some cases, the lack of action was a result of confusion over who was responsible for generating the report to state officials. In about one-third of the cases, facility leaders failed to conduct an initial review to see if such reporting was necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/08\/va-secretary-promises-improvements-in-medical-wait-time-data\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6303807860_86e6e2f2a1_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA secretary promises improvements in medical wait time data<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An inspector general report this week said VA&#039;s patient wait time data is inconsistent and misleading.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe inspector general found that the noncompliance was linked to facility staff misunderstanding of VHA policy and poor facility processes,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe noncompliance led to lapses in reporting practices that resulted in delays or failures in reporting healthcare professionals whose clinical practice or behavior substantially failed to meet generally accepted standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the report, Veterans Health Administration officials promised changes to the process in coming months. 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