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Philadelphia and that is where action News ReporterAnnie Mccormick is joining us live with the latest. Any. Reporter and monica that big rig has now been moved down the street and look at the method it left behind and theres a lot of work to be done for the family and this is not clear the details of the accident and what we know is that an suv did clyde with the tractortrailer pushing it into that home. Chopper6hd over the scene where a tractortrailer barreled into the side of a row home after colliding with suv levick and barns worth. Crumbles brikd had the cap of the semiand it shows untouched furniture in the family room including statue of a bud a. Someone was looking out for the family tonight because no ones with home at the time. Fire crews embraced this woman who neighbors identified as the home own owner as she collapsed after arriving on the scene. The track toyr ....
At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communication extensive provider communications, improvement to the website and ramped up social networking. New mechanisms together, timely feedback. Directly from both veterans as well as from front line staff. These are all, already in place or about to launch. In the longer term, we must rationa ....
Captioning performed by vitac forward to hearing first from sloan gibson. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairman isakson Ranking Member blumenthal and the committee, were committed to making the Choice Program work and to providing veterans timely and geographically accessible care, using care in the community whenever necessary. Ill talk shortly about what were doing and the help that we need from congress to make all of that happen. First, i want to talk very briefly about access to care. Most mornings at 9 00 a. M. , for the last year, Senior Leaders from across the department gathered to focus on improving veterans access to care. Weve concentrated on key drivers of access, including increasing Medical Center staffing by 11,000, adding space, boosting care during ext ....
Referring to the 93 other facilities. We have some initial reporting on those. As of yesterday, given the department 12 individual reports for them to examine and to determine what action would be appropriate in view of the specifics of each of those reports. Very much active. I can tell you that at 42 different facilities of the 93, we found the practice of using the next available date as a desired date. It is something we reported in the final report and interim report. We have 19 facilities, where an apartment was cancel and rescheduled for the same appointment time for the purpose of giving the appearance of shorter waiting time. We have 16 facilities, opposed to be on 13 facilities managers about what was going on in that facility. All of the individuals over an initiative over some level of management that pushed. It is a combination. When something is going on for as many years, not everywhere, but at a number of facilities, it is an accepted way. Involved in scheduling, and th ....
They are close to as big a problem as not having people. You have doctors there but you dont have examination rooms. Do you have a construction plan moving forward . I know its unfair. You have been in the job six weeks. Im not trying to be critical. Its five, actually. All right. Obviously, you are right. Facilities are very important. The action you took with the bill gives us the ability to have 27 more facilities. Not surprisingly, one of the facilities will go in phoenix where, obviously, we have a need. We have an issue right now that were working. Its around leasing. We have been following an appropriate, i think, strategy of leasing facilities rather than building them. Because the population is moving. You have talked about the increase in veterans in montana. Were currently working through the gsa on this process. Because the to get down to it, i appreciate you telling me what you are doing. All i want to know is, do you have a construction plan moving forward for the next ye ....