VA News

Healthcare Inspection Credentialing, Privileging, and Infection Control Practices, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York 12/18/08. The purpose of the inspection was to determine the validity of anonymous allegations that a board certified surgeon at the Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo division, performed lung surgeries without appropriate credentials and privileges. The complainant further alleged that the surgeon’s “hygiene practices were not met.” VAOIG

VA to Provide Payments to Eligible Surviving Spouses 12/18/08. The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced immediate actions to quickly identify and pay surviving spouses who are eligible to receive a one-time compensation or pension payment for the month of the veteran’s death. VA

VA Awards $75.8 Million for Hospital Modernization 12/18/08. The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $75.8 million contract to P.J. Dick Inc. for the construction of a major five-story building that will provide outpatient services and 78 secure, private psychiatric beds for the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System. VA