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VA Health Care: Steps Taken to Improve Practitioner Screening, but Facility Compliance with Screening Requirements is Poor.

July 5, 2006

Washington DC; Government Accountability Office; May 2006. Report no GAO-06-544.

This investigation determined that the U.S. Veterans Administration has taken steps to improve the reliability of their practitioner licensure and certification screening processes for employees and new hires but found that some weaknesses still exist.

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