All Reports

Added Measures Could Reduce Veterans’ Risk of COVID-19 Exposure in Transitional Housing
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20-02774-26
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Topics:  COVID-19

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/12/2021
Issue guidance to medical facility staff on how the COVID 19 At Risk Veteran Report should be used to help service providers identify high risk veterans and educate those veterans on the need for extra precautions.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/4/2022
Ensure medical facility staff are monitoring and assisting with the service providers’ implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, including updates.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/4/2022
Identify service providers that have not fully implemented the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s six feet social distancing guidelines, particularly for sleeping and meal areas, and encourage them to implement alternative measures or use VA options to help mitigate space limitations.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/4/2022
Monitor the availability of personal protective equipment at service providers’ residences, and help develop contingency plans in the event of a prolonged pandemic or surge.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Claims Processing Training and Guidance Need Improvement
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20-00608-29

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 1/28/2022
Determine the actions needed to ensure staff understand evidence-gathering and verification of stressor requirements for posttraumatic stress disorder claims, and monitor the results to ensure effectiveness once those actions are implemented.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2021
Assess whether reorganizing or amending material in the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Manual M21-1, Adjudication Procedures Manual, related to the development of claims involving entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder is needed for accurate processing.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 362,500,000.00
Management and Oversight of the Electronic Wait List for Healthcare Services
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19-09161-02
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Topics:  Appointment Scheduling and Wait Times

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/12/2022
The Under Secretary for Health has oversight controls developed and implemented to monitor all facilities’ patient care requests that are identified as “unable to schedule” to ensure patients across the Veterans Health Administration are scheduled in a timely manner.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/12/2022
The Under Secretary for Health ensures standard operating procedures are being implemented so that facility employees routinely review and act on patient care requests identified as “unable to schedule” in the consult toolbox.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
The Under Secretary for Health makes certain that facility leaders clearly define and oversee procedures on routinely reviewing, monitoring, and addressing transfer entries on the Light Electronic Administrative Framework.
Homemaker and Home Health Aide Program: Most Claims Paid Correctly, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Services to Veterans
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19-07316-262
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Topics:  Patient Care Services Operations

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2022
The under secretary for health assess whether current program policies and practices meet the needs of medical facilities’ local homemaker and home health aide programs and update them as necessary.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/23/2020
The under secretary for health updates homemaker and home health aide program guidance to include processes that medical facilities must follow when assessing whether home health agencies are licensed or certified, meet specified conditions, or will be exempted from program requirements, to include determining a mechanism to track data on these decisions locally and nationally.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/12/2022
The under secretary for health updates homemaker and home health aide program guidance to include procedures that medical facilities must follow to determine the suitability of veterans for program services when they cannot meet veterans’ program needs within the required period of time because of facility or community resource constraints.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/12/2022
The under secretary for health implements procedures for medical facility directors to use data on veteran demand, including unmet demand, for homemaker and home health aide program services to manage their local program resources.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/23/2022
The under secretary for health updates homemaker and home health aide program guidance to include processes that medical facilities must complete when veterans with care needs have been refused services from home health agencies because of demonstrated behavioral issues.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/14/2021
The under secretary for health reviews homemaker and home health aide program claims identified in the audit sample that involved improper payments made to home health agencies and recover funds if deemed necessary.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/14/2021
The under secretary for health assesses the timeliness of homemaker and home health aide program claim payments and take corrective action as necessary.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/14/2021
The under secretary for health makes sure there is sufficient monitoring of processed homemaker and home health aide program claims to mitigate the risk of paying claims not consistent with the corresponding authorizations.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 153,897,817.00
Enhanced Strategy Needed to Reduce Disability Exam Inventory Due to the Pandemic and Errors Related to Canceled Exams
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20-02826-07
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Topics:  COVID-19 ● Claims and Medical Exams

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 10/6/2021
Further develop, implement, and test its strategy to reduce the exam inventory using in person, telehealth, and acceptable clinical evidence exams as safety and circumstances permit.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/25/2021
Develop and implement a plan to increase the use of telehealth exams. VBA should also ensure contractors follow the Office of Disability and Medical Assessment telehealth guidance for exams that determine whether a telepresenter or specific medical equipment is required.
VA’s Noncompliance with Preaward Review Requirements for Sole-Source Proposals for Healthcare Services
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18-04150-261

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/28/2021
The OIG recommends the VHA executive director for procurement ensures contracting officers are requesting preaward reviews for all sole source healthcare resource contracts with an annual value at or above $400,000 in keeping with the May 2018 revisions to VA Directive 1663.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
The OIG recommends the VHA executive director for procurement require an OIG preaward review for all interim contracts that exceed the $400,000 annual threshold.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
The OIG recommends the VHA executive director for procurement mandate an immediate postaward review for any sole source contract awarded on an interim basis as an emergency contract.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 4,101,555.00
Lack of Adequate Controls for Choice Payments Processed through the Plexis Claims Manager System
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19-00226-245
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Topics:  Community Care

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care Define the terms “verifiable usual and customary charges that are billed to payers other than VA” for the PC3/Choice contract claims.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care ensure future community care programs have applicable definitions and guidance for claims without a Medicare or VA fee schedule rate to avoid reimbursements that pay at “billed charges.”
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care create a master usual and customary rate schedule to be used for reimbursement of community care claims without a Medicare or VA fee schedule rate to control program costs.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care provide parties responsible for reimbursing PC3/Choice and future community care program claims with usual and customary rate price schedules and a formal written policy on the proper application of those rates.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care establish controls for verifiable usual and customary rate payment methodology and establish a payment review process to ensure usual and customary rates are properly applied to the PC3/Choice and future community care program payments.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care ensure payment-rate schedules used by the Plexis Claims Manager and future payment systems to support the PC3/Choice and future community care contracts are current, accurate, and complete to prevent overpayments.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care ensure that the Office of Community Care determines an appropriate reimbursement process for the identified pass-through errors in this report.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/28/2021
The OIG recommended the VA deputy under secretary for health for the Office of Community Care ensure the Office of Community Care establishes formal policies and procedures to identify and recover overpayments from PC3/Choice third-party administrators for improperly billed claims.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 205,100,000.00
Greater Consistency Study Participation and Use of Results Could Improve Claims Processing Nationwide
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19-07062-255

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 11/19/2020
The under secretary for benefits directs the Compensation Service to provide the Administration Results Report for each consistency study to the Office of Field Operations and to managers at all regional offices.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/5/2021
The under secretary for benefits ensures the Office of Field Operations develops a process to monitor regional offices to ensure maximum employee participation in consistency studies.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/5/2021
The under secretary for benefits makes certain the Office of Field Operations establishes a requirement for regional office managers to review consistency study results and develop a plan for corrective action based on the performance of their regional office.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/5/2021
The under secretary for benefits requires the Office of Field Operations to develop a follow-up process to confirm all corrective actions identified are completed by regional office managers.
Improved Oversight of Surgical Support Elements Would Enhance Operating Room Efficiency and Care
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18-06039-229
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Topics:  Clinical Care Services Operations ● Appointment Scheduling and Wait Times

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/1/2021
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider developing an oversight mechanism that includes the VISN Surgery Integrated Clinical Community Chair in the monitoring of medical facility operating room efficiency and surgical support element problems and ensures VISN Directors hold medical facilities accountable when these problems persist and reduce operating room efficiency.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/1/2021
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider periodically analyzing two to three years of operating room efficiency data to identify medical facilities that have not consistently met National Surgery Office efficiency goals and assess surgical support element problems impacting patients and operating room efficiency.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/1/2021
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider requiring the National Surgery Office clarify the intent of the current utilization measure and assess other utilization measures other than staffing.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/17/2020
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider requiring the National Surgery Office gather as part of its capacity measure information about operating room closures or reduced usage, including the reasons for the closures or curtailment of surgeries.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/4/2022
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider identifying surgical support element best practices used by efficient facilities and ensure less efficient medical facilities, where appropriate, implement these practices to address problems, reduce surgical cancellations and delays, and minimize patient risks.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/1/2021
The OIG recommended the Under Secretary for Health consider requiring medical facility surgical work groups to discuss the National Surgery Office Efficiency goals and their facility’s performance with support services, such as logistics, sterile processing service, and environment management service, at least quarterly and ensure they all work proactively and collaboratively to address surgical support element problems.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 30,000,000.00
The Veterans Benefits Administration Inadequately Supported Permanent and Total Disability Decisions
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19-00227-226

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 7/5/2022
The under secretary for benefits ensures the adjudication procedures manual is updated for consistency with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies related to permanent and total determinations in consultation with the office of general counsel.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 8/2/2022
The under secretary for benefits ensures decision-making staff support their permanent and total status decisions in the Reasons for Decision section of the rating decision by describing the evidence used to support their conclusions.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 2/9/2022
The under secretary for benefits replaces the title and standardized language of “Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35” in rating decisions to clearly state that permanent and total status is being considered.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2023
The under secretary for benefits ensures appropriate training is provided to decision-making staff based on the changes made to permanent and total procedures related to Recommendations 1, 2 and 3, and monitor the effectiveness of that training.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 122,000,000.00
Financial Management Practices Can Be Improved to Promote the Efficient Use of Financial Resources
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18-03800-232
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Topics:  Financial Management

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/10/2025

The OIG recommended the executive in charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, establish financial controls, such as key performance indicators, that align with medical center operations and can be used to assess the efficient use of operating funds.

No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/2/2020
Specify the accountable Veterans Health Administration office responsible for establishing financial controls to ensure Veterans Health Administration’s financial management activities promote the efficient use of funds at Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/6/2021
The OIG recommended the executive in charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, require the Veterans Health Administration to establish and publish organizational charts that identify the appropriate financial management reporting lines of authority and to develop familiarization training on the reporting lines of authority at the VISN and medical center levels, as appropriate.
Appointment Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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20-02794-218
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Topics:  COVID-19

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health develop and clearly communicate a well defined strategic plan to all medical facilities for rescheduling patients and provide oversight particularly to those facilities with the highest rates of canceled appointments with no evidence of follow up or tracking.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health develop a mechanism to monitor facilities’ progress with following up on all cancellations to ensure facilities are not solely relying on COVID annotations or cancellation source classifications when rescheduling.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/21/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensure that facilities take appropriate follow up action on canceled or discontinued consults.
Site Visit Program Can Do More to Improve Nationwide Claims Processing
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19-07062-230
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Topics:  Claims and Appeals

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 11/16/2020
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits direct the Compensation Service to formalize the Hot Topics list into an annual report submitted to the Office of Field Operations detailing all recurring deficiencies and action items identified throughout the inspection year from its site visit program.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 4/7/2021
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits require the Office of Field Operations to initiate a recurring plan to correct all recurring deficiencies and action items identified by the Compensation Service throughout the inspection year from its site visit program annual report.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 4/7/2021
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits direct the Office of Field Operations to establish a follow-up process to monitor compliance with the new requirement and hold regional office managers accountable for making corrections and addressing action items in a timely manner.
Accuracy of Disability Benefit Evaluations for Veterans' Service-Connected Heart Diseases
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19-08095-198

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 8/5/2020
We recommended the under secretary for benefits implement a plan to incorporate the system-generated instructions for medical providers directly into the heart disability questionnaire (instead of separately on the examination request) and determine whether additional revisions are necessary to ensure medical providers’ findings are sufficient for evaluation purposes.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2021
We recommended the under secretary for benefits implement a plan to ensure medical providers who complete heart disability benefits questionnaires are made aware of common problem areas related to the questionnaire format and system-generated instructions and are provided guidance on how to avoid giving conflicting or insufficient information.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2021
We recommended the under secretary for benefits implement a plan to make certain that Veterans Benefits Administration decision makers receive refresher training on identifying and resolving heart disability benefits questionnaires that are insufficient for evaluation purposes and monitor the effectiveness of the training.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 61,800,000.00
The Systematic Technical Accuracy Review Program Has Not Adequately Identified and Corrected Claims-Processing Deficiencies
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19-07059-169
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Topics:  Claims and Medical Exams

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 9/7/2021
Improve the current second-review process for quality reviews when STAR analysts identify claims-processing deficiencies and consider requiring senior reviewers to conduct a comprehensive review of all issues assessed by the analyst.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 9/7/2021
Establish a formal second-review process for quality reviews when STAR analysts do not identify claims-processing deficiencies.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 1/5/2021
Assess the current training requirements for STAR staff and establish a formal training plan that promotes claims-processing expertise and accuracy.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2022
Implement a plan to ensure STAR analysts place more emphasis on and assess all procedural deficiency elements included on the quality review checklist.
No. 5
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/25/2021
Establish adequate policies, procedures, and monitoring to ensure corrections are completed timely and accurately.
No. 6
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/25/2021
Ensure STAR develops a plan to provide usable data and meaningful feedback to assist regional offices in improving the quality of decision-making.
Deficiencies in the Quality Review Team Program
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19-07054-174

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The OIG recommends that the under secretary for benefits assess the current peer review process and determine whether a more in depth review should be required to ensure claims processing errors are identified.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The OIG recommends that the under secretary for benefits establish a process where a sampling of non error quality reviews undergo peer review to ensure claims processing errors are identified.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The OIG recommends that the under secretary for benefits revise the QRT specialist performance review process to include more objectivity to ensure constructive feedback is provided to promote competency.
No. 4
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 12/12/2022
The OIG recommends that the under secretary for benefits revise the error reconsideration process to ensure objectivity and adherence to current VBA procedures.
No. 5
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The OIG recommends that the under secretary for benefits improve oversight procedures for monitoring the timeliness of error corrections.
The Veterans Health Administration Did Not Get Secretary’s Approval Before Using Canines for Medical Research
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19-06451-165
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Topics:  Healthcare Infrastructure

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Under Secretary for Health establish a formal process for requesting and obtaining the approval of the VA Secretary for research studies that use canine subjects to comply with applicable restrictions on the use of appropriated funds.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/30/2022
The Under Secretary for Health develop and implement processes for documenting and maintaining records of the VA Secretary’s approval of canine research studies, including the study at the Richmond VAMC that was not included in the Secretary’s August 30, 2019, approval document.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/27/2021
The Under Secretary for Health establish controls for ensuring appropriate funds are not spent for canine research studies before obtaining the VA Secretary’s approval.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/7/2022
The Under Secretary for Health review local accounting records and cost allocations to determine the total amount of FY 2018 and 2019 funds spent on canine research before the VA Secretary approved the studies and report this information to the House and Senate appropriations committees.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/27/2021
The Under Secretary for Health work with the VA Secretary and the chief financial officer to take the steps required by OMB Circular A-11 to determine whether an Antideficiency Act violation occurred and, if so, take appropriate action for the funds obligated and expended for research studies involving canine subjects.
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