Department of Veterans Affairs

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, which includes multiple outpatient clinics in...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Boise VA Medical Center and multiple outpatient clinics in Idaho and Oregon. This...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Bedford Healthcare System, which includes the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, which includes the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a focused national review to assess concerns with Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA’s) process to identify providers who have been removed from VA employment due to violations of policy “relating to the delivery of safe and appropriate care” and...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Central Iowa Health Care System, which includes the Des Moines VA Medical Center...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed concerns related to the care of a patient who died by accidental overdose approximately seven weeks after a missed appointment at the VA Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus (facility). The OIG evaluated staff’s failure to conduct minimum...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital (facility) in Hines, Illinois, to assess an allegation that deficient quality of care resulted in a patient’s foot amputation.The patient told facility primary care staff about falling at...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) substantiated allegations from January 2022 that employees did not properly reprocess reusable medical equipment (RME) within the facility’s Sterile Processing Service (SPS). Facility leaders halted all endoscope usage, as well as stopped surgeries and...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Martinsburg VA Medical Center and multiple outpatient clinics in Maryland, Virginia...