the good news is we did change it, by the way
the use of quality metrics with regard to bringing down the pain surveys, bringing down the numbers, inadvertently incentivized physicians t...
I think certainly other alternatives are going to be part of it, also I think education and expectations of patients is going to be an impor...
I just welcome your thoughts on that approach where we can sort of grow our own and use the skill set of veterans coming out of our military...
So I want to get at: Knowing that the practices of the delivery of medicine is dramatically changing...
So at the risk of sounding overly lawyerly, I want to follow the benefit, if I could, on behalf of the veterans and the taxpayers.
Chairman Coffman, Ranking Member Kuster, and Members of the Subcommittee, this concludes my prepared statement.
The VA plays a vital role in our national health care delivery system.
We simply must improve the contracting process between the VA and its affiliates for medical services.
Thank you, Chairman Coffman.
This is why Congress and the VA must work together to address areas that need improvement.