90-day hold placed on referrals to Oklahoma veterans center

 

April 16, 2017



TALIHINA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma Veterans Affairs hospital has placed a 90-day hold on admission referrals to an already struggling veterans center.

The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2pqPUNp ) reports that this is the second instance in less than six months that the Muskogee hospital has placed a hold on referrals to the Talihina Veterans Center.

Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs deputy director Doug Elliott says the center relies on referrals for about 60 or 70 percent of its new patients. Elliott says for every patient lost, the center loses $106 to $350 a day in revenues.

The center came...



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