Department of Veterans Affairs

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Teleradiology Program (NTP) to assess allegations that an NTP radiologist (radiologist) misread a patient’s imaging study and NTP delays reporting interpretation results at...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Altoona Healthcare System in Pennsylvania. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care • Patient...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center (facility) to evaluate allegations of inaccurate complete blood count (CBC) with differential results and reporting, and a laboratory supervisor not passing a proficiency test. The OIG...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to evaluate allegations that sleep medicine physicians at the VA Sierra Pacific Network, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 21 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) treated patients without having sleep medicine privileges. The...

The VA Home Loan Guaranty program is meant to help veterans finance the purchase of homes with favorable loan terms. Veterans typically pay a funding fee to defray the cost of administering the program; however, veterans who receive VA service-connected disability compensation are exempt from paying...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minnesota. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care •...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Nashville. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care •...

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Healthcare Facility Inspection program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the VA Detroit Healthcare System in Michigan. This evaluation focused on five key content domains: • Culture • Environment of care • Patient...

VHA’s VA Health Connect modernization initiative of 2020 was to transform medical facilities’ call centers into regionally managed units called clinical contact centers. The centers were expected to integrate operations and provide veterans 24-hour access to four core services by December 31, 2021...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to determine whether leaders and staff followed required procedures related to suspected elder abuse of a community living center (CLC) resident at the St. Albans VA Medical Center in Queens, part of the VA New York Harbor...