Department of Veterans Affairs

The Defense Department estimates that two of every three sexual assaults suffered during military service go unreported. As a result, evidence of the trauma can be difficult to subsequently produce or validate, posing a special challenge for VA when processing related veterans’ benefit claims for...

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) 20: VA Northwest Health Network in Vancouver, Washington, covering leadership and...

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 Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center and multiple clinics in Idaho, Montana, and Washington. The...

The Veteran-Directed Care (VDC) program provides veterans with a budget to hire caregivers and purchase the goods and services that will best meet their needs and allow them to remain in their homes longer. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administers the program to maximize veterans’...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate concerns related to Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (facility) staff’s management of a patient’s reported perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV). The OIG also evaluated concerns related to the IPV...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed allegations referred by Chairman Mark Takano, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, regarding deficiencies in the mental health care provided at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (facility) to a high risk for suicide patient who died by suicide...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Roseburg VA Health Care System, which includes the Roseburg VA Medical Center and three...

The OIG determined whether VA complied with the requirements of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for fiscal year 2020. Several requirements focus on improper payments, or any payment that should not have been made or was made in an incorrect amount under statutory, contractual...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection at the VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (facility) in Utah to assess allegations of lack of care coordination and a delay in a patient receiving an anticoagulant medication, refusal to hire a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC)...

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 Puget Sound Health Care System, which includes the Seattle and American Lake (Tacoma) divisions...