Department of Veterans Affairs

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...

In follow-up to the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, Pathology Oversight Failures at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the OIG conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate progress in responding to pathology reading errors identified during a look...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report provides a focused evaluation of the leadership performance and oversight by Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19: VA Rocky Mountain Network in Glendale, Colorado, covering leadership and...

The VA OIG assessed the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System’s oversight and stewardship of funds for fiscal year 2019 and identified opportunities to improve cost efficiency.The review focused on four areas:I. Use of the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Next Generation program. VA maintains...

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 Cheyenne VA medical center. The inspection covered key clinical and administrative processes that...