VA orders probe of Colorado Springs veterans clinics
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VA orders probe of Colorado Springs veterans clinics
By Tom Roeder Updated: June 9, 2014 at 8:09 pm
An audit on Veterans Affairs health care wait times has triggered a deeper probe of the agency's clinics in Colorado Springs, the VA announced Monday.
At issue is whether workers in Colorado Springs falsified reports to make wait times for health care appear shorter. The VA's inspector general is expected to send investigators to determine whether phony records were created, who ordered it and how many patients might have been impacted.
"In Colorado Springs we had an anonymous complaint from three staff that they had been told to manipulate wait times," said Daniel Warvi, spokesman for VA hospitals and clinics in eastern Colorado.
Warvi said local VA officials know little about the complaint, including which VA sites in Colorado Springs were involved.