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Congress’s medical office operated without proper oversight for years, DoD watchdog says
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Source: Military Times
A government watchdog released findings of an investigation Friday that identified a lack of regulation over a Navy-staffed congressional medical office that provides care and medicine to U.S. lawmakers and Supreme Court justices. The Defense Department Inspector General published an investigation into the Office of the Attending Physician’s policies and procedures amid allegations of misconduct and reports that Attending Physician Rear Adm. Brian Monahan resigned this week. “The absence of [DoD] oversight of clinical quality management and pharmacy operations increases the risks to both patients and Navy medical personnel assigned to the OAP,” the report said.
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