Veterans Have Medical Claims Denied To Reduce Backlog

This goes back to 2006 when the backlog was cleared by eliminating quality assurance check of their work, so no double check or time outs, errors. If you had a claim turned down by the VA, might be worth looking again to check for errors on the denial. They have no idea as to how many errors took place, so it’s up to the patient to once more check all their information, this information was released as a Congressional report. BD

At least 28,283 veterans have had their medical claims denied by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service because of efforts to reduce a large backlog of claims, according to a report released on Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee, AP/Long Island Newsday reports.