{"id":4728,"date":"2017-12-13T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-urge-nationwide-review-of-va-providers-in-light-of-usa-today-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:31","slug":"merkley-wyden-urge-nationwide-review-of-va-providers-in-light-of-usa-today-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-urge-nationwide-review-of-va-providers-in-light-of-usa-today-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Wyden instan a una revisi\u00f3n nacional de los proveedores de VA a la luz del informe de USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>WASHINGTON DC - <\/b>Los senadores de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden se han unido a un grupo bipartidista de senadores estadounidenses<b> <\/b>pidiendo al Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) que lleve a cabo una revisi\u00f3n a nivel nacional de sus proveedores despu\u00e9s de una <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/12\/03\/usa-today-investigation-va-knowingly-hires-doctors-past-malpractice-claims-discipline-poor-care\/909170001\/\"><i>EE.UU. Hoy en d\u00eda<\/i> investigaci\u00f3n<\/a> encontr\u00f3 que varios proveedores contratados por el Departamento ten\u00edan al menos una licencia m\u00e9dica estatal revocada debido a mala pr\u00e1ctica.<\/p>\n<p>En una carta al secretario de VA, David Shulkin, los senadores presentaron una serie de preguntas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>&quot;Durante a\u00f1os, los estados han experimentado escasez de proveedores en muchas especialidades m\u00e9dicas diferentes y, al igual que la industria de la salud del sector privado, VA ha enfrentado una escasez de proveedores similar&quot;.<\/b> los senadores escribieron a Shulkin. <b>\u201cComo tal, solicitamos informaci\u00f3n sobre la supervisi\u00f3n del VA de las pautas de contrataci\u00f3n de proveedores para garantizar que la presi\u00f3n para cubrir la escasez no haya llevado a controles de calidad de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica insuficientes\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de Merkley y Wyden, la carta fue firmada por los senadores John Boozman (R-AR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrasso (R-WY), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), Tammy Duckworth ( D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bill Nelson (D- FL) y Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la carta se puede encontrar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boozman.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/files\/serve?File_id=C2DE69B2-BD9F-4825-B262-DDCE71A6AA5A\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> y por debajo:<\/p>\n<p>Estimado Secretario Shulkin:<\/p>\n<p>Escribimos para expresar nuestras serias preocupaciones con respecto a los informes recientes de los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n que sugieren que el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos ofrece empleo a m\u00e9dicos con un historial conocido de revocaci\u00f3n de licencias por parte de una junta estatal de licencias m\u00e9dicas. El informe nacional tambi\u00e9n destac\u00f3 casos de proveedores de contrataci\u00f3n de VA con conducta conocida y deficiencias en el desempe\u00f1o que resultaron en sanciones y cargos penales de las personas.<\/p>\n<p>Durante a\u00f1os, los estados han experimentado escasez de proveedores en muchas especialidades m\u00e9dicas diferentes y, al igual que la industria de la salud del sector privado, VA ha enfrentado una escasez de proveedores similar. En estados como Arkansas, en los que muchos veteranos elegibles para la atenci\u00f3n del VA son rurales, la escasez de proveedores es a\u00fan m\u00e1s pronunciada. Como tal, solicitamos informaci\u00f3n sobre la supervisi\u00f3n del VA de las pautas de contrataci\u00f3n de proveedores para garantizar que la presi\u00f3n para cubrir la escasez no haya llevado a controles de calidad de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica insuficientes.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitamos que el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos lleve a cabo una revisi\u00f3n a nivel nacional para identificar a todos los proveedores por estado y especialidad, de quienes se sab\u00eda que se hab\u00edan tomado medidas adversas contra sus privilegios cl\u00ednicos, incluida la revocaci\u00f3n de la licencia m\u00e9dica estatal, y que posteriormente fueron contratados por el Departamento. De las personas identificadas por el mencionado informe, \u00bfcu\u00e1l es la situaci\u00f3n laboral de cada individuo identificado? \u00bfQu\u00e9 medidas de supervisi\u00f3n adicionales se requieren para los proveedores identificados a trav\u00e9s de esta revisi\u00f3n que siguen empleados y practicando dentro del VA?<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de una revisi\u00f3n para determinar el estado actual de los proveedores dentro del VA, tambi\u00e9n nos gustar\u00eda obtener informaci\u00f3n relevante para la supervisi\u00f3n de las pol\u00edticas del VA con respecto a la contrataci\u00f3n de personas que tienen deficiencias disciplinarias o de desempe\u00f1o que resultaron en sanciones, reclamos o cargos. \u00bfA qu\u00e9 nivel se aprueba una decisi\u00f3n final de personal? \u00bfEl VA realiza informes y revisiones peri\u00f3dicas de los proveedores contratados en estas circunstancias? \u00bfC\u00f3mo se rastrea el desempe\u00f1o y la conducta de tales personas, incluidos los resultados de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que brindan a los veteranos? Cuando el VA tiene la intenci\u00f3n de contratar a un proveedor con reclamos conocidos por negligencia m\u00e9dica, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 escrutinio o consideraci\u00f3n adicional est\u00e1n sujetos dichos solicitantes?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfTiene el VA autoridad para contratar a un proveedor cuya licencia ha sido revocada? Cuando el VA considera contratar a estos proveedores, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 nivel aprueba el VA una oferta final de empleo? \u00bfEstas decisiones de contrataci\u00f3n est\u00e1n sujetas a requisitos de presentaci\u00f3n de informes al Departamento? Si es as\u00ed, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 nivel? Luego de la contrataci\u00f3n de dicho proveedor, \u00bfel VA requiere alg\u00fan per\u00edodo de prueba de revisi\u00f3n o consulta obligatoria antes de autorizar la prestaci\u00f3n directa de atenci\u00f3n a los pacientes? \u00bfEstos puestos incluyen alguna responsabilidad por la provisi\u00f3n directa de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica?<\/p>\n<p>Confirme el estado de esta solicitud y proporcione un cronograma para completar la revisi\u00f3n solicitada. Le pedimos que mantenga nuestras oficinas actualizadas sobre este tema. Gracias por su consideraci\u00f3n de esta solicitud.<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a nationwide review of its providers after a USA Today investigation found multiple providers hired by the Department had at least one state medical license revoked due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[43,37,55],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-bipartisan-actions","tag-health-care","tag-honoring-our-veterans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley, Wyden Urge Nationwide Review of VA Providers in Light of USA Today Report - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-urge-nationwide-review-of-va-providers-in-light-of-usa-today-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley, Wyden Urge Nationwide Review of VA Providers in Light of USA Today Report - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; 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