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
Healthcare Inspection Evaluation of Community Based Outpatient Clinics Fiscal Year 2011
The purpose was to evaluate selected activities, assessing whether the community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) are operated in a manner that provides veterans with consistent, safe, high-quality health care. CBOCs overall appear to be providing a quality of care that is not substantially different from parent VA medical centers. The CBOCs...More
Penn Argyll Man Charged with Unlawfully Obtaining Oxycodone from Stroudsburg UPS Facility
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Stealing Drugs Meant for Veterans, Faces Four Years in Prison if Convicted ...Read this press release
Sterling Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges of Falsely Claiming Minority and Service-Disabled Veteran Status for His Business
Massachusetts Man Faces 5 Years in Prison, $250K Fine for Posing as Service-Disabled Veteran To Get Set-Aside Contracts from VA ...Read this press release
Healthcare Inspection - Issues Related to Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Light Exposure in an Operating Room, Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA
The OIG conducted an inspection to determine the validity of allegations that a surgical patient and 10 Lebanon VAMC employees suffered injury due to Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) light overexposure. We substantiated the allegation that Operating Room (OR) staff was harmed on January 17, 2012,...More
VBA's Claims Folder Storage at the VA Regional Office Winston-Salem, North Carolina
During the onsite benefit inspection of the Winston-Salem VARO, OIG observed an excessive number of claims folders stored on the top of, and around, filing cabinets. Based on our concerns, we issued a Management Advisory Memorandum to the Under Secretary for Benefits to ensure the VARO addressed management of veterans’...More
Boise Roofing Contractor Charged with Fraud
Grand Jury Indicts Idaho Man for Scheme To Get Contracts Meant for Veterans, Underutilized Areas...Read this press release