Department of Veterans Affairs

OIG conducted a healthcare inspection in response to allegations made by a confidential complainant in 2015 regarding the Opioid Agonist Treatment Program (OATP) at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, one of three VA Maryland Health Care System campuses, located in Baltimore, MD. The complainant...

In September 2015, OIG received an allegation that the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) removed the Prescription Opioid Documentation and Surveillance (PODS) application from a VA server at the Northern California Health Care System (NCHCS) Pain Management Clinic. The complainant alleged...

In May 2017, we evaluated the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) in Anchorage, Alaska, to see how well staff processed veterans’ disability claims, timely and accurately processed proposed rating reductions, input claim information, and responded to special controlled...

OIG evaluated quality of care at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. This included reviews of processes that affect patient care outcomes—Quality, Safety, and Value (QSV); Environment of Care; Medication Management; Coordination of Care; Diagnostic Care; Moderate Sedation; Community Nursing...

In November 2015, Congress referred to OIG an allegation that Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23 may have misused medical funding when procuring information technology (IT) equipment and that purchase orders and contracts appeared to bundle IT hardware and software together with medical...

OIG conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations of delays in patients receiving transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (system) Palo Alto, CA, due to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy requirements. We received complaints...

OIG conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations made regarding the management of outpatient post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) consults by the PTSD Clinical Team (PCT) at Battle Creek VA Medical Center (facility), Battle Creek, MI.Specifically the complainant alleged:• Between May and...

The OIG reviewed allegations the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inappropriately used Government purchase cards to procure commonly used prosthetics, instead of establishing contracts to leverage VHA’s purchasing power, and failed to ensure fair and reasonable prices. Furthermore, VHA allegedly...

OIG received a complaint from a veteran alleging that Peterson Regional Medical Center (PRMC) in Kerrville, TX, canceled his sleep study appointment because VA owed PRMC more than $2 million, and PRMC was no longer accepting VA referrals for non-VA Care (NVC) as a result. There was insufficient...