Any Links For Malpractice To Check Out Va Dr's?

[gwvet90]

Does anyone have any links to sites where you can check if your VA Doctor(s) - (or C&P examiner-mine was a nurse practitioner) have any board complaints or malpractice claims?

[Guest DON20906]

Check with your local medical society. It's my understanding that complaints against VA doctors are filed with the Boards of Medical Examiners in the states where the practictioner is licensed or in the state where s/he practices if an out-of-state license. VA doesn't license doctors and other HCPs, but they do "credential" them.

Does anyone have any links to sites where you can check if your VA Doctor(s) - (or C&P examiner-mine was a nurse practitioner) have any board complaints or malpractice claims?

[Berta]

You can check Healthgrades site too- it costs about 7 bucks I think-

They dont have too much there but I helped a vet knock down a VA C & P doc that they believed over a real expert IMO doc opinion- by finding at healthgrades that the C & P doc was no where near the qualifications of the expert.I copied printouts of both docs.

For this claim I also got a copy from the net a copy of info on a big symposium where the vet's IMO doc gave a major lecture on diabetes.- what the vet was claiming- and the vet -after 12 years- finally got his proper award.

Still waiting to hear- the VA wanted to pay his CAVC awyers 8,000 of his retro-

I think I got it down to 4,000-we filed a NOD- there is a 5 point criteria the CAVC lawyers have to fulfill- and they didnt fulfill that.

Edited June 6, 2006 by Berta

[gwvet90]

Thank you both~

[Guest allanopie]

This may help............

Physician Profiles: Information About Physicians Including Education, Training, Specialty, Malpractice and Disciplinary Proceedings.

http://www.healthcarechoices.org/profile.htm