Governor Requests the Agency for Health Care Administration to Inspect Florida’s VA Hospitals
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
In response to recent deaths at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals throughout Florida and the rest of the nation, on April 1, 2014, Governor Rick Scott wrote a letter to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) requesting the agency begin inspecting VA hospitals in the Sunshine Health Network. This network under investigation includes Florida, south Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. So far the VA has denied AHCA any permission to inspect its hospitals, and it is unclear whether the federal government will allow such inspections moving forward.
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