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No. 1 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
The OIG made the following recommendation to the director of the VA Black Hills Health Care System: Ensure finance office staff conduct reviews on all inactive open obligations as required by VA Financial Policy, vol. 2, chap. 5, “Obligations Policy.”
No. 2 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Establish procedures to ensure cardholders comply with processing requirements as stated in VA’s Financial Policy, vol. XVI, chap. 1B, “Government Purchase Card for Micro-Purchases.”
No. 3 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Establish controls to confirm approving officials and purchase cardholders review their purchases and make sure contracting is used when it is in the best interest of the government.
No. 4 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Develop measures to confirm that completed VA Form 0242 submissions are accurate and updated for all cardholders.
No. 5 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Ensure the supply chain management staff implement a plan to monitor and correct unit conversion factor errors consistently and promptly to improve data reliability in the Generic Inventory Package.
No. 6 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Develop and implement a plan to achieve an inventory turnover rate closer to the Veterans Health Administration-recommended level.
No. 7 to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Establish measures to improve compliance with the VHA directive to avoid end-of-year pharmaceutical purchases.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 174,468.00
Closed: $ 0.00