Department of Veterans Affairs

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System in North Carolina to assess concerns related to the quality, coordination, and timeliness of care, and the impact of COVID-19 on a patient with unintentional weight loss who...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the facility to assess concerns about the diagnosis and treatment of anemia and coordination of a colonoscopy for a patient who subsequently died.The patient had iron-deficiency anemia. The OIG found the primary care...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Boston Healthcare System and multiple outpatient clinics in Massachusetts. The inspection covers...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, which includes the Malcom Randall VA Medical...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. The inspection covered key clinical and administrative processes...

To enable veterans to function at their highest level, VA provides medically prescribed prosthetic and rehabilitative items and services to eligible recipients. In fiscal year 2019, such items—artificial limbs, shoes, shoe inserts, and compression garments—accounted for about $318.8 million, or...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Maine Healthcare System. The inspection covered key clinical and administrative processes that...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate a patient’s mental health care at the VA Portland Health Care System (facility) including care coordination, administrative actions following the patient’s death, and non-VA community care procedures. The OIG also...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of Veterans Health Administration facilities’ reusable medical equipment (RME) programs. This evaluation focused on facility Sterile Processing Services (SPS) processes for...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection to assess the oversight and performance of a physician in fellowship training (subject physician) at the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in Reno (facility).In early 2021, Canadian authorities arrested the subject physician for the...