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VA Health Care: Selected Credentialing Requirements at Seven Medical Facilities Met, but an Aspect of Privileging Process Needs Improvement.

September 28, 2010

Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office; May 2006. Report no GAO-06-648.

This report reviews findings from a federal inspection indicating that Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, while complying with basic credentialing policies, are not routinely submitting malpractice data as required to be used by the VA to inform privileging determinations.

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