The VA has agreed to settlements with three employees of the Phoenix medical facility who alleged they were retaliated against for disclosing issues of patient scheduling and care, in what could be a precedent-setting response to reprisal allegations. The settlements were reached in an alternative dispute resolution program of the Office of Special Counsel, which praised VA for its cooperation and willingness to take corrective action in the cases. The settlements could pave the way for many more; OSC is reviewing more than 120 other retaliation complaints from VA employees related to the scandal. OSC also has received some 90 other disclosures to a whistleblower hotline it operates and has referred about half of them to VA for investigation. One of the three employees in the settlements, a doctor who was stripped of duties overseeing the emergency room, will be reassigned to a position allowing her to oversee quality of patient care while another, a public affairs specialist who was moved to a basement library and given nothing to do, was reassigned to a national program specialist position. Terms were not disclosed for the third, a program analyst whose performance rating was downgraded. Several members of Congress have called on VA to take disciplinary action against those responsible for the retaliation, as well as those responsible for the underlying problems; VA has said only that it is preparing some disciplinary cases.