Category Archives: VA Health Care

VA AWARDS CONTRACT TO “INDEPENDENT” CONTRACTOR

Posted on October 2, 2014 by asknod

VA yesterday awarded a contract to MITRE Corp. for an assessment of the hospital care, medical services and other health care processes in VA medical facilities throughout the fruited plain. For those of you in California-relax. That includes you and you … Continue reading →

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VA Medical-related freebie mobile devices and apps

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Laura

But, no, the free tablets are not for you!   Fiscal Year 2014 means free 10,000 ipads for VHA providers. In the interests of efficiency this use of technology makes sense.  But security is the big concern. Providers can take their devices home, playground … Continue reading →

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eBENEFITS–SO SIMPLE A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT

Posted on July 4, 2014 by asknod

Remember USB Allison “in Wonderland” Hickey’s famous rejoinder to Congress back in 2013? Paraphrased, it could be summed up thusly: “As simple as filing taxes online and a way to whittle down the claims backlog“. Whew, doggies.  Considering the claims backlog just hit two … Continue reading →

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VA–THE BIG CHILL

Posted on June 18, 2014 by asknod

This is what I was afraid of. The Big Chill is now settling in and everyone is suddenly assessing their job resumes in case they suddenly find themselves “underemployed”. The smart ones are singing like birds while the higher-up types … Continue reading →

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VA–FIRE OUR WORKERS? ARE YOU INSANE? NO WAY

Posted on June 18, 2014 by asknod

I guess this pretty much sums up what the VA thinks of our insinuations that anyone at the VA was attempting to sandbag our health care. Lord, help us. Thank God this moron is short-lived as VASEC. 

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VAMC SCHEDULING HOTSPOTS–INTERACTIVE MAP

Posted on June 7, 2014 by asknod

Here’s the latest on where the “scheduling misunderstandings” occurred in VA. Pretty soon we’ll have a real map that shows 150 stars on it-one for each VA medical facility. VAMC American Lake maintains they are pure as the driven snow. Try a dental … Continue reading →

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Time for humanitarian medical tourism to get Solvaldi?

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Laura

Should the VA collaborate with the DoD to medevac the most seriously ill veterans with HCV to another country on Air Force cargo/hospital planes?  Taxpayers would save an enormous amount of money if so. This would also be a great … Continue reading →

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VA ORGANIZATION CHART REVEALED

Posted on May 25, 2014 by asknod

This just in from Vermont.  Member Frank of syrup fame who still has irons in the BVA fire, was able to excavate this rare document from Senator Bernie Sanders’ garbage can out at the curb last Friday. While we frown … Continue reading →

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VA ACQUIESCES TO PRIVATE CARE–FINALLY

Posted on May 24, 2014 by asknod

 This just in… In an obvious ploy to deflect criticism away from the Phoenix VAMC debacle and the new ones popping up like mole hills across the fruited plain,  VA Secretary Shinseki got permission from Hizzonner to let us plebeians … Continue reading →

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Cash for your plasma? No, cash for your time!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Laura

How safe from blood-borne pathogens can our blood supply and blood products really be today?  Grifols, a Spanish company, owns about 147 plasma collection centers in the United States. Articles about Talecris (now owned by Grifol) has many centers near … Continue reading →

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