| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| INTERNAL AUDITS | ||||
| 7R5E02003 10/10/96 | Audit of Sole Source Contract for Security Services, VAOPC Columbus, OH | $65,258 | $65,258 | |
| 7R8G01001 10/16/96 | Veterans Affairs Supply Fund Statement of Financial Position as of September 30, 1995 | |||
| 7R1B12002 10/23/96 | Administration of Invested Funds for the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance Programs | 3,800,000 | 3,800,000 | 3,200,000 |
| 7R5D05006 11/18/96 | Audit of Home Improvement and Structural Alternations (HISA) Program | 179,008 | 179,008 | |
| 7R1A28008 11/22/96 | Review of Prescribing Practices for Elderly Outpatients | |||
| 7R1B01105 12/2/96 | Review of the Causes of Veterans Benefits Administration's Compensation and Pension Overpayments | 30,400,000 | * | |
| 7R8A99026 1/29/97 | Summary Report: Audits of VA Medical School Affiliation Issues | |||
| 7R5A07032 1/30/97 | Audit of Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) Program | |||
| 7R3A99036 1/31/97 | Audit of Lithotripter Utilization | 2,730,000 | 2,200,000** | |
| 7ANG03041 2/6/97 | Audit of the Department's Use of Political Versus Official Travel | |||
| 7R3A02043 2/7/97 | Interim Report - Audit of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service | |||
* Management did not provide an alternative estimate.
** Management disagreed with OIG estimate.
| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| 7D2E06018 2/12/97 | Audit of VA's Excess Equipment Program | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| 7D2G07019 2/14/97 | Evaluation of the Design and Implementation of PAY-VA | |||
| 7R1B01047 2/21/97 | Review of Waiver Decisions for Compensation and Pension Debts | 2,900,000 | 2,900,000 | |
| 7AFG10051 2/25/97 | Audit of Department of Veterans Affairs Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 1996 and 1995 | |||
| 7D2B01020 2/27/97 | Audit of VBA's Data Reliability in the Claims Processing Workload Reporting System | |||
| 7R8A19044 2/27/97 | Audit of VA Medical Center Use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignments | 1,300,000 | * | |
| 7R4G10053 3/3/97 | Management Letter - Fiscal Year 1996 Financial Statements-Benefits Programs | |||
| 7ADG07065 3/28/97 | Audit of the Integrated Funds Distribution, Control Point Activity, Accounting, and Procurement (IFCAP) System, Phase III | |||
| SPECIAL INQUIRY | ||||
| 7PRG02007 11/8/96 | Alleged Improper Conduct by a Senior Official, VAMC Fayetteville, NC | |||
| 7PRA99011 11/21/96 | Alleged Mismanagement and Misconduct at a Veterans Integrated Service Network | |||
| 7PRA04012 12/6/96 | Alleged Improper Time and Attendance Accounting and Duty Assignments, Employee Education System, VA Long Beach Education Center Long Beach, CA | 5,087 | ||
| 7PRA19013 12/6/96 | Alleged Mismanagement in the Interior Design Program at VAMC Lake City, FL | |||
| 7PRA02017 12/6/96 | Alleged Inappropriate Employee Medical Treatment, VAMC Atlanta, GA | 429 | ||
* Management estimate will be provided after completion of planned actions, anticipated during next reporting period.
| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| 7PRF03022 12/6/96 | Alleged Mismanagement by a Senior Official of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Chicago Health Care System | |||
| 7PRA16025 12/20/96 | Alleged Mismanagement of General Post Funds, VAMC West Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 7PRA19027 1/10/97 | Alleged Mismanagement of the Housekeeping Quarters at University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA | |||
| 7PRG02028 1/10/97 | Alleged Reprisal for Whistleblowing, Ralph H. Johnson VAMC Charleston, SC | |||
| 7PRA19029 1/10/97 | Alleged Mismanagement at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC Charleston, SC | $90,117 | 0* | |
| 7PRF03040 2/21/97 | Alleged Reprisal for Whistleblowing, VAMC Asheville, NC | |||
| 7PRA19048 2/21/97 | Alleged Misconduct and Improper Hiring Practices, VAMC Amarillo, TX | |||
| 7PRA11024 2/26/97 | Alleged Improper Salary Supplementation, VAMC Cleveland, OH | |||
| 7PRB18054 3/4/97 | Alleged Personnel Irregularities and Misuse of Government Resources, VARO San Juan, PR | |||
| 7PRA19057 3/10/97 | Possible Violations of Post-Employment Laws, VAMC San Juan, PR | |||
| 7PRG01058 3/10/97 | Alleged Fiscal Irregularities, Franklin Delano Roosevelt VA Hospital Montrose, NY | |||
| 7PRG03060 3/19/97 | Alleged Improprieties, VA Employee Education Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||
| 7PRA19059 3/31/97 | Alleged Mismanagement and Irregularities, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital Loma Linda, CA | $4,167 | ||
| 7PRG99070 3/31/97 | Possible Violations of VA Employee Conduct Regulations, VA Central Office | |||
| 7PRA01071 3/31/97 | Alleged Medical Service Improprieties at the Carl T. Hayden Medical Center Phoenix, AZ | |||
* Management disagreed with OIG
estimate.
| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| HEALTHCARE INSPECTIONS | ||||
| 7HIA28031 1/17/97 | Inspection of Alleged Incomplete and Unnecessarily Inconvenient Clinical Treatment, John J. Pershing VAMC Poplar Bluff, MO | |||
| 7HIFO3034 1/21/97 | Quality Program Assistance Review, VAMC Durham, NC | |||
| 7HIA28037 1/24/97 | Evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration's Advance Directive Program | |||
| 7HIA28030 1/27/97 | Inspection of Alleged Improper Resident Examination and Treatment of a Patient, VAMC Brooklyn, NY | |||
| 7HIA28033 1/27/97 | Inspection of Selected Clinical and Administrative Issues on Anesthesiology Service, Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC Richmond, VA | |||
| 7HIA28055 3/5/97 | Inspection of Alleged Premature Discharge of a Potentially Violent Patient from a Psychiatric Unit at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt VA Hospital Montrose, NY | |||
| 7HIA28066 3/21/97 | Inspection of Alleged Patient Abuse and Substandard Patient Care on the Nursing Home Care Unit, VAMC Prescott, AZ | |||
| CONTRACT REVIEWS | ||||
| 7PED02004 10/28/96 | Results of Review of Congressional Inquiries Concerning Regional Office Skylight System Bay Pines, FL | $100,000 | *$100,000 | |
| 7PEE12005 10/30/96 | Preaward Review of Federal Supply Schedule Proposal Submitted by United States Surgical Corporation Norwalk, CT | 2,692,127 | ** | |
| 7PEE02009 11/13/96 | Review of Five Federal Supply Schedule Contracts: V797P-3522G, -3763G, -3184H,-3458H, and -3481J | $831,907 | ||
| 7PEE02016 12/20/96 | Review of Federal Supply Schedule Proposal (Solicitation Number M3-Q3-92) Zimmer, Inc. Warsaw, IN | 193,297 | ** | |
* VA received a $100,000 credit.
** Pending receipt of contracting officer's decision.
| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| 7PEE02021 12/20/96 | Review of Organon Inc's. Implementation of Section 603 Drug Pricing Provisions of Public Law 102-585 Under Federal Supply Schedule Contract Number V797P-5584M | $8,203 | ||
| 7PEE12023 12/26/96 | Review of Proposal Submitted by Wyeth-Ayerst, A Division of American Home Products, Under Federal Supply Schedule Solicitation No. M5-Q50-91, St. Davids, PA | $7,589,354 | * | |
| 7PEE12024 1/15/97 | Postaward Review of Federal Supply Schedule Contract V797P-5584M, Awarded to Organon Inc., West Orange, NJ | 191,000 | ||
| 7PEE11049 2/20/97 | Review of Exchange of Use Proposal for Chilled Water at VAMC San Antonio, Submitted by Bexar County Hospital District, University Health System, San Antonio, TX | 873,775 | * | |
| 7PEE02010 3/3/97 | Settlement Agreement Related to Overcharges on a Federal Supply Schedule Medical Supplies Contract | 709,109 | ||
| 7PEE99063 3/26/97 | Federal Supply Schedule Contract V797P-5827M, Awarded to Rhone-Poulenc Roher Pharmaceuticals Inc., Collegeville, PA | 971,000 | ||
| 7PEE99050 3/28/97 | Postaward Review of Federal Supply Schedule Contract V797P-5728M, Awarded to Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation East Hanover, NJ | 297,971 | ||
| 7PEE02046 3/31/97 | Review of Glaxo Wellcome Inc.'s Implementation of Section 603 Drug Pricing Provisions of Public Law 102-585 Under Federal Supply Schedule Contract Number V797P-5543M | 545,549 | ||
| 7PEE02056 3/31/97 | Followup Review of Wyeth-Ayerst, A Division of American Home Products, Implementation of Section 603 Drug Pricing Provisions of Public Law 102-585 Under Federal Supply Schedule Solicitation No. M5-Q50-91 | 213,735 | * | 228,575 |
| 7PEE02068 3/31/97 | Postaward Review of Federal Supply Schedule Contract V797P-5633M, Awarded to Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation Raritan, NJ | 203,011 | ||
* Pending receipt of contracting
officer's decision.
| Funds Recommended | ||||
| For Better Use | ||||
| Report Number/ Issue Date | Report Title | OIG | Management | Questioned Costs |
| OTHER REVIEWS | ||||
| 7R5E03014 12/13/96 | Evaluation of a Management Consulting Contract | |||
| 7ANG03015 12/18/96 | Review of Secretary's Travel Between October 5 and 18, 1996 | |||
| 7R4G01039 2/12/97 | Management Advisory - Verification of Problems Identified by a Consultant, VAMC Chicago (West Side), IL | |||
| 7R1GO1045 2/14/97 | Review of Financial Internal Controls, VAMC Buffalo, NY | |||
| 7R1G10052 2/26/97 | Management Advisory - Greater Compliance with Governmentwide Purchase Card Procedures is Needed | |||
| 7R5G10061 3/14/97 | Management Letter - Internal Accounting Controls and Compliance for Housing Credit Assistance Program Operations at Selected VA Regional Offices | |||
| 7R3A19064 3/20/97 | Review of Nonprofit Corporations Established in the Veterans Health Administration | |||
| TOTAL: | 67 Reports | *$58,126,671 | $14,244,266 | $7,196,008 |
* The difference between the OIG and Management estimates is $43,882,405. The difference is as follows: Management did not provide an alternative estimate - $30,400,000; Management disagreed with OIG estimate - $620,117; Management estimate will be provided after completion of planned actions, anticipated during the next reporting period - $1,300,000; Pending receipt of contracting officer's decision - $11,562,288.