“Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has been on a mission to reform the VA. His efforts range from increasing accountability and authority to fire bad actors and poor performers to moving toward interoperability of health care records with the Defense Department, among various other initiatives. But he wouldn’t be able to get near as much done without some key allies in Congress.”
“Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) …while other VA secretaries have been well-intentioned, Shulkin is the first medical practitioner in the role, and thus the first to focus his goals on improving the practitioner side…”
“One of the ways Shulkin has engaged the political side is by introducing the Veterans Coordinated Access and Rewarding Experiences (CARE) Act…” Read the full article here.
Source: Isakson: Shulkin ‘catalytic force for more accountability’ at VA – By David Thornton, January 26, 2018. Federal News Radio.
