Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Quality of Care and Problems with Services, VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Biloxi, Mississippi
At the request of Congressman Jo Bonner, OIG conducted an inspection to assess allegations concerning a patient’s quality of care and problems with Services at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, in Biloxi, MS. We substantiated that the patient’s overall medical evaluation during one of four Emergency Room...More
Altoona Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Lying About Military Record and Honors to Obtain VA Health Care Benefits
Judge Sentences Iowa Man Who Falsified DD 214 and Received Over $100K in VA Health Care to 1 Year in Federal Prison ...Read this press release
Review of VA’s Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act for FY 2012
We conducted this annual review to determine whether VA complied with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) for FY 2012. VA reported about $2.2 billion in improper payments in its FY 2012 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). In doing so, we found VA did not comply with...More
Congressional Testimony - 4/10/2013
Statement Of Linda A. Halliday Assistant Inspector General For Audits And Evaluations Office Of Inspector General Department Of Veterans Affairs Before The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs Committee On Veterans’ Affairs United St More
Healthcare Inspection - Management of Disruptive Patient Behavior at VA Medical Facilities
OIG conducted a review to assess how VA medical facilities manage patients who display disruptive and violent behaviors. We found that VHA facilities vary significantly in how they identify and manage disruptive patient behavior, especially in regards to defining disruptive behavior, documenting incidents and interventions, and employing interventions to prevent...More
Congressional Testimony - 3/13/2013
Statement of Linda A. Halliday Assistant Inspector General For Audits and Evaluations Office of Inspector General Department of Veterans Affairs Before The Subcommittee On Health Committee On Veterans’ Affairs United States House Of Representatives Hearin More
Old Saybrook Physical Therapist is Sentenced, Agrees to Pay $328,828 to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
Scheme to Defraud Medicare and VA for False Physical Therapy Billing Gets Connecticut Man 3 Years’ Probation...Read this press release
Physician Pleads Guilty to Drug Fraud Charge
Former VA Physician Awaits Sentencing for Fraudulently Writing Controlled Substance Prescriptions at Manchester, NH, VAMC...Read this press release
Review of Alleged Transmission of Sensitive VA Data Over Internet Connections
The OIG evaluated the merits of an allegation that VA was transmitting sensitive data, including PII and internal network routing information, over unencrypted telecommunications carrier networks. We substantiated the allegation. OIT personnel disclosed VA typically transferred unencrypted sensitive data, such as electronic health records and internal Internet protocol addresses,...More
Top 10 VA OIG Downloads for January 2013
What are people who are interested in Veterans' issues reading these days? Here are the top 10 downloads from our Internet site for January 2013.
OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in January 2013...Read the Monthly Highlights