Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

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 VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The inspection covered key clinical and administrative processes...

VA built the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and other facilities on land donated more than 100 years ago to provide housing for veterans with disabilities. While the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 allows non-VA entities to use the land, all real property leases and land-use agreements must...

The OIG reviews proposals submitted to VA for Federal Supply Schedule pharmaceutical contracts valued annually at $5 million or greater. These preaward reviews help VA contract specialists negotiate fair and reasonable prices for the government and taxpayers.Individual preaward reviews are not...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inspection at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois, to determine the validity of allegations, specific to COVID-19 and the Community Living Center (CLC), of failure to observe infection control practices, failure to minimize...

Pursuant to the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, the OIG conducted a review to identify clinical and non-clinical occupations experiencing staffing shortages within Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This is the eighth iteration of the staffing report and the fourth evaluating...

VA has one of the largest acquisition functions in the federal government; its contracting officers obligated approximately $36.9 billion in fiscal year 2020 alone. A warrant gives federal contracting officers the authority to obligate taxpayer dollars. VA’s contracting officers help serve our...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System in North Carolina to assess concerns related to the quality, coordination, and timeliness of care, and the impact of COVID-19 on a patient with unintentional weight loss who...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the facility to assess concerns about the diagnosis and treatment of anemia and coordination of a colonoscopy for a patient who subsequently died.The patient had iron-deficiency anemia. The OIG found the primary care...

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 VA Boston Healthcare System and multiple outpatient clinics in Massachusetts. The inspection covers...

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 North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, which includes the Malcom Randall VA Medical...