Department of Veterans Affairs

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to determine the validity of an allegation that a patient who sought treatment for insomnia and was out of psychiatric medications did not receive the care needed at the Memphis VA Medical Center (facility) in Tennessee. The...

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 Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center and one outpatient clinic in Alabama. The inspection covers key...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed whether the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established adequate financial management practices at the VA Southeast Network and the VA Great Lakes Health Care System to promote the efficient use of their financial resources. The audit team found...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) took measures to protect patients and employees from COVID-19 by canceling face-to-face appointments that were not urgent and converting some of them to virtual appointments. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) assessed VHA’s appointment management...

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 Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and outpatient clinics in Illinois and Wisconsin...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to determine the validity of allegations related to the management of staff exposure to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 at the VA Portland Medical Center (facility) in Oregon. The events under review involved the facility’s...

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 Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center and multiple outpatient clinics in Wisconsin. The inspection...

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 Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and multiple outpatient clinics in Illinois. The inspection covers...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection to evaluate a complaint regarding staffing, length of stay, and medical assessments on inpatient mental health units at the facility. Senator Elizabeth Warren referred similar concerns to the OIG regarding the inpatient mental health...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated allegations that the chief of staff at a VA medical center engaged in a conflict of interest by performing work for a private company that provides education services and misused his official position by recruiting VA physicians to work for that...