Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Pension Management Centers (PMCs) provide benefits and services to some of the most vulnerable veterans and survivors. OIG’s review focused on rating decisions that addressed original pension benefits and claims processing actions related to Medicaid-covered nursing homes. OIG found St. Paul PMC...

In September 2015, OIG received an allegation claiming VA management failed to comply with VA policy and guidance when it deployed Real Time Location System (RTLS) assets without appropriate project oversight. The complainant also stated that VA deployed RTLS assets without meeting VA information...

The Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the results of OIG oversight, provides statistical information, and lists all reports issued April 1–September 30, 2017. During this reporting period, OIG audits, investigations, inspections, evaluations, and other reviews identified over $9 billion in...

In response to a hotline complaint, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed allegations that the Carl T. Harden VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Phoenix, AZ did not consistently process beneficiary travel mileage claims. In response, OIG determined whether the VAMC reimbursed beneficiaries more...

OIG received an anonymous allegation that Veterans Service Center (VSC) staff at the Roanoke VA Regional Office (VARO) combined appeals to lower the pending inventory and achieve production goals by entering incorrect data into VA’s electronic system. OIG reviewed 331 appeal records that were closed...

OIG conducted a healthcare inspection in response to an allegation received in 2016 that a patient died of an accidental methadone overdose 2 days after receiving a prescription for methadone from a primary care physician (PCP) at the Grand Junction VA Health Care System (System), Grand Junction, CO...

The VA OIG conducted a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center (facility). The review covered key clinical and administrative processes associated with promoting quality care—Leadership and Organizational...

Report Summary: The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System (facility). The review covered key clinical and administrative processes associated with promoting...

In House Report (H. Rept. 114-497) to accompany the House of Representatives, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2017 (H.R. 4974), the Committee on Appropriations requested the OIG review VA’s reimbursement of the Department of the Treasury’s Judgment...