OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in April 2012...Read the Monthly Highlights
Review of VA's Controls for the Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor Fast Pay System
At the request of the VA Secretary and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, we reviewed VA’s Fast Pay system. This system processed $4.3 billion of pharmaceutical prime vendor purchases in FY 2011. We found Fast Pay consistently provided payments within 48 hours and VA paid accurate contract prices...More
Combined Assessment Program Summary Report – Evaluation of Quality Management in Veterans Health Administration Facilities Fiscal Year 2011
OIG completed an evaluation of the management of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities’ quality management (QM) programs. The purposes of the evaluation were to determine whether VHA facilities had comprehensive, effective QM programs designed to monitor patient care activities and coordinate improvement efforts and whether VHA facility senior managers...More
Congressional Testimony
OIG Statement before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, United States House of Representatives, on Review of the Current Capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Deliver State-Of-The-Art Care to Veterans with Amputati More
Illinois Man Sentenced on Fraud Charges
Phony Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Scheme Lands Illinois Man in Prison for 24 Months and $50K Fine...Read this press release
Congressional Testimony
OIG Statement before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, United States House of Representatives, VA Mental Health Care Staffing: Ensuring Quality and Quantity, May 8, 2012 More
Homeless Incidence and Risk Factors for Becoming Homeless in Veterans
Preventing veterans from becoming homeless is an integral strategy of eliminating homelessness in veterans. Using integrated data from VA and the Department of Defense (DoD), VA OIG conducted this first ever population-based longitudinal study to determine the incidence of becoming homeless (the newly homeless) after military separation, identify risk factors...More
Sevierville Man Receives 39-Month Prison Sentence for Defrauding Department of Veterans Affairs and Social Security Administration
Tennessee Man Who Cashed Deceased Mother’s VA Benefit Checks Gets 39-Months in Prison ...Read this press release