Healthcare Inspection - Effectiveness of Actions to Correct Dental Instrument Reprocessing Deficiencies, St. Louis VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted a review to follow-up on our report, Follow-Up Evaluation of Dental Instrument Reprocessing Deficiencies, St. Louis VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri (Report No. 10-03346-152, April 5, 2012). The purpose was to determine whether the adverse conditions identified...More
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Staffing and Quality of Care Issues, VA Black Hills Health Care System, Hot Springs, SD
At the request of Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune and Representative Kristi Noem, OIG performed an inspection at the VA Black Hills Health Care System, Hot Springs, SD to determine the validity of allegations they received regarding staffing, quality of care, and safety concerns. The complainants expressed concerns that...More
Houston Attorney and Former VA Fiduciary Convicted of Conspiracy and Tax Fraud
Houston Attorney Admits Taking Money from Veterans' Bank Accounts and Falsifying Accounting Statements, Faces Jail Time and $250K Fine...Read this press release
OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in July 2012...Read the Monthly Highlights
Sixteen Veterans Indicted For Separate Acts To Defraud The Department of Veterans Affairs
False Mileage Claims To Attend Medical Appointments Lead to Indictments for 16 Ohio Veterans ...Read this press release
Audit of VHA's Medical Care Collections Fund Billing of VA-Provided Care
We conducted this audit to determine the extent VHA’s Medical Care Collections Fund program identified third-party billing opportunities for VA-provided medical care. Our previous audit on Non-VA provided medical care determined VA missed opportunities to increase third-party revenue by $110.4M annually or $552M over 5 years. VHA advised it...More
Healthcare Inspection - Review of Quality of Care, Management, and Operations, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
OIG conducted a comprehensive review of the Iowa City VA Health Care System in response to a request from Senator Charles E. Grassley. OIG assessed the merit of allegations about quality of care and that concerns expressed by staff which “have been largely ignored.” We found that high quality...More
Review of Enterprise Technology Solutions, LLC Compliance with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program Subcontracting Limitations
We determined that ETS, LLC was not in compliance with the contract provisions limiting subcontracting. We found that ETS, LLC, an SDVOSB concern owned by a former VA employee, subcontracted the re-pricing requirements to Health Net, a large business for all five of its contracts. All five contracts were...More