Following the medical recorrds fraud case in the Louisville VA facility, the Inspector General surveyed others and found them vulnerale to the same kind of fraud - the submission of "altered or counterfeit medical records.
A VA spokeswoman said yesterday that the department has taken actions to correct the problems. "VA has implemented safeguards to protect the integrity of benefit payments and actively monitors our payment processes for compliance," said Katie Roberts, press secretary for VA." [Washington Post]
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