Veterans Affairs fires 4 senior executives in crackdown following wait-time scandal

Published January 08, 2015

The Veterans Affairs Department has fired four senior executives as officials move to crack down on wrongdoing following a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and falsified records covering up the delays.

The dismissals are the first since Congress passed a law this summer making it easier for veterans to who experience delays to get care outside VA's nationwide network of hospitals and clinics. The law also made it easier for the agency to fire senior officials suspected of wrongdoing, shortening their appeals process to 28 days.

Among those fired are a top purchasing official at the Veterans Health Administration, directors of VA hospitals in Pittsburgh and Dublin, Georgia, and a regional hospital director in central Alabama.

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