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VA - 21-01724-84 - 5

Closed · 2022-02-16

From report

Report
Care in the Community Consult Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West Virginia
OIG report number
21-01724-84
Recommendation number
5

Recommendation text

The Martinsburg VA Medical Center Director ensures a process is in place to review and address consults for patients who died prior to being scheduled or seen by a community care provider to determine if an adverse event occurred as a result of a delay in processing a patient’s consult.