Posted on Aug 19, 2022
DoD misspent more than $100 million on ambulance rides, audit reveals
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DoD misspent more than $100 million on ambulance rides, audit reveals
By Irene Loewenson
Aug 19, 03:13 PM
The Defense Health Agency failed to monitor whether the ambulance services it paid for were necessary, according to an inspector general report. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
The Defense Health Agency improperly paid more than $100 million over five years for ambulance rides, which often lacked documentation to prove they were necessary, according to a Defense Department inspector general audit released Thursday.
After reviewing a statistically representative sample of 182 claims from October 2015 to September 2020, the Office of the Inspector General projected that, of the $358.1 million that the DHA paid for ambulance rides, at least $118.85 million — a third — was improperly paid.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SGT Steve McFarland
DoD misspent more than $100 million on ambulance rides, audit reveals
By Irene Loewenson
Aug 19, 03:13 PM
The Defense Health Agency failed to monitor whether the ambulance services it paid for were necessary, according to an inspector general report. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
The Defense Health Agency improperly paid more than $100 million over five years for ambulance rides, which often lacked documentation to prove they were necessary, according to a Defense Department inspector general audit released Thursday.
After reviewing a statistically representative sample of 182 claims from October 2015 to September 2020, the Office of the Inspector General projected that, of the $358.1 million that the DHA paid for ambulance rides, at least $118.85 million — a third — was improperly paid.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT Mark Anderson CPL LaForest Gray SGT Steve McFarland
DoD misspent more than $100 million on ambulance rides, audit reveals
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For a while civilian emergency services would get 911calls and it turned out the callers only wanted a ride to a store or other non emergency.
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CPL Douglas Chrysler
Cpl Vic Burk Someone finally made it illegal. But no worries, almost anyone can get a free buss pass.
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I am sure that there are other similar scenarios regarding misspent payments for unnecessary expenses from all sources..., SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL!
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
...one of numerous actions for which the government routinely overpays.
In this case, taxpayers got taken for a ride--tons of them!
...one of numerous actions for which the government routinely overpays.
In this case, taxpayers got taken for a ride--tons of them!
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