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The Hotline accepts tips or complaints that, on a select basis, result in reviews of: • VA-related criminal activity • Systemic patient safety issues • Gross mismanagement or waste of VA resources • Misconduct by senior VA officials The VA OIG investigates substantial allegations of whistleblower reprisal against employees of VA contractors, grantees, subgrantees, and personal services subcontractors. The VA OIG reports substantiated allegations of reprisal to the employer and VA for corrective action.
The Hotline does not accept complaints that are unrelated to programs and operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs nor that are addressed in another legal or administrative forum: TYPE OF COMPLAINT WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT Claim for VA disability and pension benefits, and ratings, appeals, or home loan issues Veterans Benefits Administration (1-800-827-1000) Claim for VA education benefits Veterans Benefits Administration (1-888-442-4551) Patient health care dispute Patient Advocate at your local VA medical facility Tort claim or other legal issue/case/claim Local VA Regional Counsel office (202-461-4900) VA billing issues - Compliance and Business Integrity 1-866-842-4357 Litigation matters Private counsel; applicable court Employee grievances, unfair labor practices, union matters Local union representative, Federal Labor Relations Authority VA employee whistleblower retaliation issues U.S. Office of Special Counsel (1-800-872-9855) Other VA employee whistleblower issues and concerns about VA employee VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection performance and accountability (855-429-6669) or (202-461-4119) Whistleblower disclosures not related to the VA U.S. Office of Special Counsel (1-800-872-9855) Discrimination and EEO complaints for VA employees, former VA employees, VA Office of Resolution Management (1-888-566-3982) and applicants for VA positions Discrimination and complaints related to the Uniformed Services Employment U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Personnel actions/adverse action appeals/MSPB matters U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board Disagreement with law or other political dispute Your elected legislative official
Purported Orthodox Christian monk and general counsel for Monastic Institute arrested for $3.6 million COVID fraud scheme
Multiple Failures in Test Results Follow-up for a Patient Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer at the Hampton VA Medical Center in Virginia
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess concerns regarding facility providers’ failures to communicate, act on, and document a patient’s abnormal test results. The OIG also evaluated the facility’s quality management processes in response to identified...
Failure of Leaders to Address Safety, Staffing, and Environment of Care Concerns at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Alabama
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) assessed allegations at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (facility) that facility and community living center (CLC) leaders failed to address CLC safety and security issues, and that facility leaders failed to fill key positions, utilize unused space, and ensure...
Results of Consulting Engagement Related to Selected Financial Reporting Controls for the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System at the National Cemetery Administration
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) contracted with the independent public accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to provide consulting services to the OIG with respect to selected financial reporting controls for the Integrated Financial and Acquisition Management System (iFAMS) at the...
A Summary of Preaward Reviews of VA Federal Supply Schedule Pharmaceutical Proposals Issued in Fiscal Year 2021
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews pharmaceutical proposals submitted to the VA National Acquisition Center for Federal Supply Schedule contracts valued annually at $5 million or more. The reviews are not published because they contain sensitive commercial information protected from...
Summary of Fiscal Year 2021 Preaward Reviews of Healthcare Resource Proposals from Affiliates
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed 32 preaward reviews of sole-source healthcare proposals in fiscal year 2021 and provided information that VA contracting officers could use to help negotiate fair and reasonable prices. The proposals typically come from VA affiliated institutions...
Jonesboro Woman Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison
Dripping Springs Woman Found Guilty of Fraud
Surgical Adverse Clinical Outcomes and Leaders’ Responses at the Columbia VA Health Care System in South Carolina
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations of adverse clinical outcomes related to three patients’ surgical or invasive procedure(s) at the Columbia VA Health Care System (facility) in South Carolina.The OIG substantiated three patients...