How a Florida Doctor with Social Ties to Trump Delayed a $16B Billion VA Project

How a Florida Doctor with Social Ties to Trump Delayed a $16B Billion VA Project

McDonald delivers an apology, for recent misstatements about his military record, to reporters outside VA headquarters in Washington
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By The Fiscal Times Staff

A West Palm Beach doctor who is friends with Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment and an informal adviser to President Trump on veterans’ issues, has held up “the biggest health information technology project in history — the transformation of the VA’s digital records system,” Politico’s Arthur Allen reports. Dr. Bruce Moskowitz “objected to the $16 billion Department of Veterans Affairs project because he doesn’t like the Cerner Corp. software he uses at two Florida hospitals, according to four former and current senior VA officials. Cerner technology is a cornerstone of the VA project. … Moskowitz’s concerns effectively delayed the agreement for months, the sources said.” Read the full story.

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