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Feds indict Miami VA employees and medical suppliers accused of kickback scheme

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Elderberry:
American Military News by Jay Weaver 12/12/2019

Several Miami and West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System workers and the owners of local medical supply companies were indicted in an alleged kickback scheme that netted the suppliers millions of dollars in proceeds while the VA employees pocketed thousands in bribes over the past decade.

Five of the employees, who worked at the Miami VA hospital, had their first appearances in federal court on Tuesday, and four more employees from the West Palm Beach VA hospital are expected to have their first appearances on Wednesday. An announcement of the investigation’s results is expected Wednesday afternoon.

The employees are accused of using government credit cards to order medical and other hospital supplies through corrupt vendors in exchange for cash payments and kickbacks. In some cases, prosecutors said, the prices of the supplies were “grossly inflated, while in other cases the orders were only partially fulfilled or not fulfilled at all.”

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/12/feds-indict-miami-va-employees-and-medical-suppliers-accused-of-kickback-scheme/

PeteS in CA:
Is this one of the VA facilities with an "outstanding" wait time record?

Elderberry:

--- Quote from: PeteS in CA on December 13, 2019, 03:00:34 pm ---Is this one of the VA facilities with an "outstanding" wait time record?

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https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/2016/12/07/investigation-west-palm-beach-va-medical-center-gets-middling-ratings/95091230/


--- Quote ---None of the seven medical centers in Florida received the lowest rating, but Orlando, Gainesville and Lake City each got two stars, as did the Alabama and Mississippi centers that serve many Panhandle residents.

The four other centers in Florida received three stars: Miami VA Healthcare System, C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, and West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.
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Current wait times:https://www.accesstopwt.va.gov/PWT/

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