Department of Veterans Affairs

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Tampa Healthcare System in Florida. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care • Patient safety...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated a healthcare inspection at the VA Central Texas Healthcare System (system) in Temple to assess allegations that two pain management advanced practice registered nurses (pain management APRNs) were not appropriately supervised and were unqualified to...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a preliminary result advisory memorandum to inform the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Under Secretary for Health of significant and recurring fire system and life safety deficiencies identified during a Healthcare Facility Inspection of the East...

With a requested fiscal year 2026 budget of about $3.5 billion for homelessness programs, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is committed to preventing and ending veteran homelessness. VHA’s Homeless Programs Office uses a required screening process to identify veterans who are experiencing or...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Teleradiology Program (NTP) to assess allegations that an NTP radiologist (radiologist) misread a patient’s imaging study and NTP delays reporting interpretation results at...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Altoona Healthcare System in Pennsylvania. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care • Patient...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center (facility) to evaluate allegations of inaccurate complete blood count (CBC) with differential results and reporting, and a laboratory supervisor not passing a proficiency test. The OIG...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate allegations that sleep medicine physicians at the VA Sierra Pacific Network, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 21 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) treated patients without having sleep medicine privileges. The...

The VA Home Loan Guaranty program is meant to help veterans finance the purchase of homes with favorable loan terms. Veterans typically pay a funding fee to defray the cost of administering the program; however, veterans who receive VA service-connected disability compensation are exempt from paying...