Va Scarce Medical Specialist Program

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Excerpt from Va Scarce Medical Specialist Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, May 19, 1993 The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 8:30 a.m., in room 334, Cannon House Office Building, Hon. Lane Evans, (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Evans and Quinn. Mr. Evans. Good morning and welcome. This morning the subcommittee is continuing its review of VA's scarce medical specialist contract program. There is some good news to report today. Days prior to the subcommittee's 1992 hearing, after doing very little for five years, VA took action to begin correcting problems that have plagued the scarce medical specialty contract program for years. The actions taken by the VA last July have begun to produce results. The subcommittee strongly encourages the VA to continue moving forward with its effort. The subcommittee also understands that VA physician pay reform is working. VA is now better able to recruit and hire physicians, including specialists, whose services were previously obtained by contract. VA reliance and spending on scarce medical specialist contracts can both now be reduced. All the news, however, is not good. Nearly six years ago, in July 1987, I raised the issue of possible conflicts of interest in the scarce medical specialist contract program. In spite of the recent corrective actions taken by the VA, my concerns still exist. While other issues may be raised today by Members of this subcommittee, I hope this issue will be the focus of special attention. This hearing is not an indictment of all VA employees and certainly not the countless thousands of VA employees who uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct and who provide the highest quality of care and services to our nations veterans. By the same token, we cant simply close our eyes to the wrongdoing or the potential wrongdoing of a few because of the good done by so many. This hearing is not being held to weaken or destroy the VA medical system. In fact, just the opposite is true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.