Department of Veterans Affairs

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated allegations that the former executive director of the Idaho Veterans Research and Education Foundation, a VA-affiliated nonprofit, raised her own pay without the board of directors’ approval and misused the nonprofit’s credit card. The OIG also...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations related to the prior authorization drug request process. The OIG substantiated that the prior authorization drug request consult template included limited space for prescribers to enter treatment...

Pursuant to the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review to identify clinical and nonclinical occupations experiencing staffing shortages within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This is the seventh iteration of the staffing...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection to evaluate allegations that coordination and quality of care issues contributed to a delay in transfer and led to a patient death shortly after transfer from the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center (facility) in Wichita, Kansas, to a...

The OIG reviewed the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) processing of mail and benefit claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the review team examined whether VBA staff documented the date of receipt for benefits-related correspondence as required by new guidance during the...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined whether the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) effectively used data from its National Surgery Office (NSO) to identify and address problems affecting operating room efficiency. The audit focused on four elements needed for efficient and timely...

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) 12: VA Great Lakes Health Care System in Westchester, Illinois, 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 Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System and multiple outpatient clinics in Alabama and Georgia...

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 Birmingham VA Medical Center and multiple outpatient clinics in Alabama. The inspection covers key...

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) manages VA’s disability compensation program, which pays benefits based on a veteran's degree of disability, ranging from 0 to 100 percent. When veterans are found 100 percent disabled or unemployable due to service-connected disabilities, VBA must also...