David Shulkin: “should focus on the things veterans need us to focus on and work with companies who know how to do this better than we…”

The VISN model was put in place close to 20 years ago, a very innovative model that has served VA well.

But like any business, the times change, the needs change and it's time for us to look at how we operate our networks differently to get the type of accountability that's needed to make sure we don't see the failures that we saw here in…

If that is true, let me make it clear right now, that should not be followed.

I think you are absolutely correct. It is why we have had a 90-percent reduction on new starts in opioids because we are using a different approach.