Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection in response to concerns from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel involving a Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 10 medical facility. A complainant alleged an ophthalmologist lacked training, provided substandard care...

Acting on a congressional request, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program at the VA regional office in Los Angeles, California. The program helps veterans with service-connected disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain suitable...

Knowing a patient’s prescription history is essential to VA’s ongoing efforts to combating opioid abuse, overmedication, and deaths. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine whether VA clinicians effectively used information from state-operated prescription drug...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to review quality of care and patient safety concerns identified by an OIG medical consultant after providing assistance during an OIG Office of Investigations inquiry into an unexpected patient death at the facility. The OIG...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to determine whether a supervisor at the VA regional office in Boston, Massachusetts, incorrectly processed system generated messages known as “work items” that may have affected recipients’ benefits. Work items are a type of internal...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted reviews of each of the three Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Regional Procurement Offices (RPOs) to assess the use of sole-source procedures when awarding service contracts valued at more than $700,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2017. A sole-source...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted reviews of each of the three Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Regional Procurement Offices (RPOs) to assess the use of sole source procedures when awarding service contracts valued at more than $700,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2017. A sole-source...

This Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered at the Central California VA Health Care System (the facility), which covers leadership, organizational risks, and key processes associated with promoting quality care. Focus areas...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted reviews of each of the three Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Regional Procurement Offices (RPOs) to assess the use of sole-source procedures when awarding service contracts valued at more than $700,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2017. A sole-source...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this audit to determine if the Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System (BFFS) had the necessary controls to protect data integrity and safeguard protected information. The BFFS is the information technology system for VA’s Fiduciary Program that handles...