Department of Veterans Affairs

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the accessibility of dermatology, orthopedics, and urology specialty care for patients in the 17 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) classified as highly rural. The OIG also reviewed accessibility, barriers...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate an allegation that a clinical pharmacy specialist (CPS) failed to act on a patient’s abnormal test results in fall 2018, which led to the patient going undiagnosed and untreated for pancreatic cancer for three...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an inspection in response to anesthesia provider practice concerns, including unsafe practices such as technique and choice of medications, alleged to have affected patient care at the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North...

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 Oscar G. Johnson VA medical center and multiple outpatient clinics in Michigan and Wisconsin. The...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations of inadequate preoperative evaluations and the management of postoperative care for a patient approved for bariatric surgery at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. The patient did not receive three...

VA and other government agencies spend billions of taxpayer dollars annually through VA’s Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracting program. The FSS program provides the government a simplified process for acquiring commercial supplies and services in varying quantities while obtaining volume...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) had not been given the authority to require drug manufacturers to make drugs available at discounted prices to VA if the same items had been dispensed to...

VA Management inappropriately used VA's Enhanced Use Lease authority to procure office space, parking, and domiciliary services at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center. The space and services procured through the Enhanced Use Lease with Veterans Development, LLC significantly exceeded any in-kind...

VA spends millions of taxpayer dollars annually on healthcare resources procured without competition from affiliated institutions. This report is a summary of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) 27 healthcare resource proposal reviews completed before VA awarded the contracts (preaward reviews)...

Following an investigation conducted in response to allegations made to the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline, the Office of Special Reviews substantiated that an Office of General Counsel (OGC) attorney was using VA time and resources to work on matters related to his outside law...