Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Administrative Investigations Division investigated an allegation that an employee within the Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care, Washington, DC, used personal email to conduct VA business for an extended period in...

In response to a request from Senator Tammy Baldwin, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess 12 allegations regarding opioid monitoring, prescribing practices, and other concerns at the Tomah VA Medical Center, Wisconsin. The OIG found the facility had an...

On November 30, 2018, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) received a request from 12 senators and one congressman to investigate allegations that VA planned to withhold retroactive payments for missed or underpaid monthly housing stipends for students under the Harry W. Colmery Veterans...

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the nation’s largest care provider for chronic hepatitis C virus infection, with rates about three times the national average. Direct-acting antivirals (DAA) can cure chronic hepatitis C, and Congress appropriated over $3 billion between fiscal years 2015...

The Executive Office of the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary circular, requires federal agencies to submit an annual detailed accounting of their funds and activities related to the National Drug Control Program. The...

The Executive Office of the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary circular, requires federal agencies to submit annual performance-related information for National Drug Control Program activities. The circular also requires...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) contracted with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP to assess the VA’s information security program in accordance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). FISMA requires agencies to conduct annual reviews of their information security...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to review the delay in a patient’s diagnosis and care and determine the extent and contributory causes of delays in communicating abnormal test results at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas. After...

At Congressman Bill Posey’s request, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection at the Orlando VA Medical Center, Florida, following allegations that a patient died while experiencing a delay in obtaining approval for surgery outside VA. It was additionally alleged...

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection in response to a request from the OIG Office of Investigations to review the care of a patient at the Perry Point VA Medical Center, Maryland. The patient died in the hospice unit after receiving a potential overdose of a...