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Surrogate Decision-Maker, Clinical, and Patient Rights Deficiencies at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky
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19-08666-212
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Topics:  Patient Safety

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/30/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures staff document clinical assessments of patients’ decision-making capacity throughout hospitalization as required by Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/30/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director evaluates social worker practices related to facilitating the release of information when a patient lacks decision-making capacity, and takes action as indicated.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/30/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director establishes “reasonable inquiry” parameters for determination of a surrogate as required by Veterans Health Administration policy and provides staff education as needed.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/30/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures that when patients lack decision-making capacity, staff verify and document the status of surrogates, and the efforts to identify surrogates, according to Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director evaluates the quality and comprehensiveness of clinical documentation in support of diagnoses and treatment decisions across the patient’s hospitalization, and takes action as indicated.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures interdisciplinary and cross-service communication and collaboration for complex patients and monitors compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/22/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures providers complete medication reconciliation for patients transferred to the mental health unit(s) as required by Veterans Health Administration and Robley Rex VA Medical Center policies.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures compliance regarding completion of documentation of PRN (as needed) medication effectiveness as required by Veterans Health Administration and Robley Rex VA Medical Center policies.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/22/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director reviews clinical decision-making and administrative processes relative to the patient’s admission to hospice, and takes appropriate actions as indicated.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/20/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director develops a mechanism to ensure involuntary admissions (72-hour holds) for current and future patients are managed and documented according to Veterans Health Administration and Robley Rex VA Medical Center policies, and Kentucky state laws.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director develops a mechanism to ensure that patients in behavioral restraints are assessed every 15 minutes as required, and that documentation complies with Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director ensures that its policy on restraints and seclusion is updated to reflect the frequency of training requirements, and that staff are appropriately trained and competent in the use of restraints as required by Veterans Health Administration and Robley Rex VA Medical Center policies.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/22/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director takes action to ensure processes for reviewing inpatient deaths is consistent with Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director reviews the patient’s continuum of care and evaluates if additional peer reviews and/or other quality reviews are warranted, and takes action as indicated.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Robley Rex VA Medical Center Director reviews the circumstances related to an unauthorized individual making decisions for the patient and conducts appropriate disclosure to the patient’s representative as warranted.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin
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20-00068-206
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures implementation of specific action items are documented in Quality Council minutes when problems or opportunities for improvement are identified.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives are assigned and consistently participate in interdisciplinary reviews of utilization management data.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that service chiefs include the minimum required gastroenterology-specific criteria for focused and ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals’ departure from the medical center.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all medical equipment is identified as safe for patient use.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that staff remove expired medications from patient care areas.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/21/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures healthcare providers follow up with patients within three months after initiating long-term opioid therapy to assess adherence to the therapy plan and effectiveness of treatment.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that employees receive initial suicide prevention training within 90 days of hire and annual refresher training thereafter.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/4/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief reports the annual risk analysis to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/4/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that traffic flow in the Gastroenterology clean storage areas is restricted.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that temperature and humidity requirements are maintained and documented for the Gastroenterology clean storage areas.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services staff receive competency assessments prior to reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures Sterile Processing Services staff receive monthly continuing education.
Alleged Deficiencies in Pharmacy Service Procedures at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia
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19-09776-223
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Topics:  Patient Safety

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center Director ensures implementation of a process to document and track orientation, competency assessment, and annual competencies of pharmacy staff, and monitors compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center Director ensures facility leaders are trained in the process of reporting any and all future diversions and loss incidents according to requirements outlined in VHA Directive 1108.01, Controlled Substance Management, May 1, 2019.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center Director conducts a review of the circumstances that resulted in the misplacement of testosterone and develops an action plan to prevent a similar recurrence, if warranted.
Facility Oversight and Leaders’ Responses Related to the Deficient Practice of a Pathologist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia
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19-07600-215
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Topics:  Patient Safety ● Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures that the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services actionable supplemental test results are communicated timely in accordance with Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures that facility leaders adhere to Veterans Health Administration policy that outlines the processes for the disclosure of adverse events, including clinical and institutional disclosures.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director reviews the treatment course for the identified dermatology patient who experienced an adverse clinical outcome and takes action, including disclosures, if appropriate.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/27/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures staff compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies related to reporting of all adverse events to the patient safety manager.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures staff compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies related to reporting adverse events to the VA Pathology Regional Commissioner.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures staff compliance with Veterans Health Administration policies related to issue briefs.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures that facility leaders adhere to Veterans Health Administration policy that outlines the summary suspension process for licensed independent practitioners.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director verifies that facility leaders adhere to Veterans Health Administration policy that outlines the credentialing and privileging process as related to the subject pathologist.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director and facility leaders meet all Veterans Health Administration requirements for state licensing board reporting.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/27/2021
The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Director ensures that the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service Chief ensures the required Veterans Health Administration and facility quality reviews of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services’ pathologists are performed.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Illinois
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20-00062-205
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Chief of Staff determines reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that ongoing professional practice evaluations include service-specific criteria and are completed by providers with similar training and privileges.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals departing the healthcare system.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete an aberrant behavior risk assessment on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers document justification for prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers obtain and document informed consent consistently for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy. 
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/6/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers conduct four follow-up visits, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented preference within the required time frame. 
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/26/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain staff complete suicide risk and intervention training within 90 days of entering their position and annual suicide prevention refresher training thereafter. 
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each community-based outpatient clinic has at least two designated women’s health primary care providers or arrangements for leave coverage when there is only one designated provider.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/26/2021
The System Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Women Veterans Health Committee holds quarterly meetings with required representatives, and report to executive leaders.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that standard operating procedures align with current manufacturers’ guidelines and instructions for use. 
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/17/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief reports the annual risk analysis to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services staff receive properly completed competency assessments for reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
Inadequate Emergency Department Care and Physician Misconduct at the Washington DC VA Medical Center
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19-07507-214
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director ensures that Emergency Department staff adhere to Veterans Health Administration suicide prevention policies and monitors compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director ensures that patients are adequately assessed for withdrawal risk and provided with appropriate disposition for management of withdrawal.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director ensures staff education of the Veterans Health Administration and Washington DC VA Medical Center policies related to employee misconduct and patient abuse, and monitors compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The VA Capitol Health Care Network Director reviews Washington DC VA Medical Center leadership and supervisory response to allegations of employee misconduct and patient abuse to determine if administrative action is warranted and takes action as appropriate.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director determines leaders’ authority and duty to report physician 2’s behavior to the State Licensing Board and National Practitioner Data Bank and takes action as indicated.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director establishes comprehensive quality monitoring of the required hand-off communication processes, including interdisciplinary participation and monitors compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director makes certain that Emergency Department staff reconcile diagnostic and care plan information that may vary across providers and shifts when determining a patient’s final disposition.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director ensures that Emergency Department staff include the patient and family members, in the development of a care plan as appropriate, and monitor compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/23/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director ensures that facility staff complete Suicide Behavior and Overdose reports as required.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director establishes quality monitoring of consult scheduling procedures and monitors compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/19/2021
The Washington DC VA Medical Center Director expedites Emergency Department renovations to ensure a safe and secure area for evaluation of mental health patients.
Allegations of Nepotism at the Miami VA Healthcare System in Florida
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18-01781-200

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/28/2020
The Miami VA Health Care System Director determines the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, with respect to the chief nurse’s advocacy in favor of hiring the spouse.
Alleged Misuse of Official Time and Possible Ethics Violation by an Information Technology Employee
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17-04969-202

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No. 1
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to Information and Technology (OIT)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The employee’s supervisor confers with the Designated Agency Ethics Official and the Office of Human Resources and Administration to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any, with respect to the employee’s conduct in connection with the procurement of hotel services from the employer of the spouse.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Missouri
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19-06850-208
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Patient Safety Manager submits each root cause analysis to the National Center for Patient Safety within the required time frame.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/1/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinical managers define in advance, communicate, and document expectations for focused professional practice evaluations in the providers’ profiles.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that service chiefs’ reprivileging recommendations are based on ongoing professional practice evaluation activities.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff’s decision to recommend continuation of privileges is based on ongoing professional practice evaluation results. 
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/27/2022
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that provider exit review forms are completed within seven calendar days of licensed healthcare professionals departing the medical center.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that nursing staff label multidose medication vials with an expiration date upon opening.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that privacy curtains are installed in all examination rooms at the Shawnee VA Clinic.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2021
The Associate Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures a record of visitor access for the information technology room is maintained at the Shawnee VA Clinic.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians complete a behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, mental health problems or disorders, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy. 
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy. 
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers consistently obtain and document informed consent prior to initiating patients on long-term opioid therapy. 
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians follow up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of adherence to the pain management plan of care.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Pain Management Committee monitors the quality of pain assessments and the effectiveness of pain management interventions. 
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all staff receive annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/26/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that a multidisciplinary life-sustaining treatment decisions committee is established to review all proposed plans. 
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief reports the annual risk analysis results to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that airflow is monitored in the gastroenterology clinic clean scope rooms.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that damaged flooring or tiles are repaired or replaced in the gastroenterology clean scope storage room.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that high-level disinfected endoscopes are stored properly.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures Sterile Processing Services staff receive monthly continuing education.
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.
Consult Delays at the Atlanta VA Health Care System in Decatur, Georgia
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18-01622-207
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Topics:  Appointment Scheduling and Wait Times ● Community Care

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/20/2023
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director reviews the process for non-VA community care consult performance measurements, evaluates compliance with Veterans Health Administration policy, and implements an action plan as needed.
No. 2
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Closure Date: 3/20/2023
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director ensures managers review the backlog of open non-VA community care consults and implements an action plan as needed.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/16/2021
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director verifies that managers develop a process to analyze and confirm non-VA community care staff compliance with daily monitoring according to Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/12/2021
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director evaluates the process for the hiring, training, and supervision of non-VA community care staff, and implements an action plan as needed.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 1/12/2021
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director ensures that managers review the patient cases referred to the Atlanta VA Health Care System by the Office of Inspector General, assesses these patients for adverse clinical outcomes, and implements action plans as needed.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Atlanta VA Health Care System Director makes certain that managers develop a policy to identify non-VA Community Care consults that are administratively closed but do not have relevant medical documentation, and implements an action plan as needed to be in alignment with Veterans Health Administration policy.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Marion VA Medical Center in Illinois
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20-00206-180
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Topics:  Medical Staff Privileging Credentialing

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/27/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures action items are implemented when problems or opportunities for improvement are identified and documented in Executive Leadership Council minutes.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that physician utilization management advisors consistently document their decisions in the National Utilization Management Integration database.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary reviews of utilization management data.
No. 4
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that reprivileging decisions are based on service-specific ongoing professional practice evaluation data.
No. 5
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers with similar training and privileges complete ongoing professional practice evaluations of licensed independent practitioners.
No. 6
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the licensed healthcare professional’s first- or second-line supervisor completes and signs the exit review forms within seven calendar days of the professional’s departure from the medical center.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Associate Director for Operations evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that medical center managers repair or remove damaged wheelchairs from service.
No. 8
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Closure Date: 1/11/2021
The Associate Director for Operations evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that staff secure protected health information within laboratory transport containers.
No. 9
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that clinicians complete pain screening for all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete a behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological disease, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers consistently obtain and document informed consent for patients who are initiated on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures healthcare providers follow up with patients within the required time frame after initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers’ follow-up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of adherence to the pain management plan of care.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers’ follow-up with patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes effectiveness of intervention(s) provided.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/31/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the medical center’s Pain Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment and the effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Suicide Prevention Safety Plans include all required elements.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinical and non-clinical staff receive annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that practitioners enter life-sustaining treatment notes that include all required elements in patients’ electronic health records as required.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that community-based outpatient clinics have a designated Women’s Health Patient Aligned Care Team.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/27/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures processes and procedures are in place for gynecological care coverage 24 hours a day/7 days per week.
No. 22
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each community-based outpatient clinic has designated women’s health primary care providers.
No. 23
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures the availability of timely access to emergency contraceptives at the Evansville VA Clinic.
No. 24
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that required core members are assigned and consistently attend Women Veterans Committee meetings.
No. 25
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that standard operating procedures align with manufacturers’ guidelines and instructions for use.
No. 26
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/15/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that all equipment is entered into the CensiTrac® Instrument Tracking System.
No. 27
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Sterile Processing Services Chief consistently performs an annual risk analysis and reports the analysis to the VISN Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 28
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/11/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that annual airflow testing is conducted in all areas where reusable medical equipment is reprocessed.
No. 29
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/18/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services managers properly complete competency assessments for staff reprocessing reusable medical equipment. 
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.
Safety Concerns When Providing Care in the Community at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in North Las Vegas
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19-09410-203
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Topics:  VA Police

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director reviews VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System policies and makes changes to ensure staff and supervisors are aware of and follow reporting requirements arising from off-facility patient disruptive behavior incidents.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director reviews VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System policies and implements changes to address traumatic injury needs of staff who may be experiencing an emotional or mental health injury as a result of a work related incident.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/26/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director reviews VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System policies and implements changes to ensure timely notification of threats to targeted staff.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director reviews VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System policies for the placement of behavioral flags and makes changes to ensure patient record flags are placed to address immediate safety issues.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director ensures that VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System VA police fulfill their obligation to fully participate with the Disruptive Behavior Committee, including the triage of Disruptive Behavior Response System entries, and confirms that potential criminal or safety issues are timely addressed.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/14/2021
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Director reviews the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supporting Housing staffing levels and practices to ensure staffing and training safely meet the demands of the program.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
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19-09416-186
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Topics:  Suicide Prevention

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/19/2020
The Interim Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures all required representatives consistently participate in interdisciplinary utilization management data reviews.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures clinical managers define and document expectations for focused professional practice evaluations in provider profiles prior to assessment.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and verifies that first- or second-line supervisors complete provider exit review forms within seven calendar days of a provider’s departure from the medical center.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that providers complete a behavior risk assessment that includes a history of substance abuse, psychological factors, and aberrant drug-related behaviors on all patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/28/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers document justification for concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine medication therapy.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reason for noncompliance and make certain that healthcare providers consistently conduct urine drug testing as required for patients on long-term opioid therapy.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that healthcare providers obtain and document informed consent consistently for patients prior to initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures providers follow up with patients within the required time frame after initiating long-term opioid therapy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that providers’ follow-up of patients receiving long-term opioid therapy includes an assessment of pain management care plan adherence and intervention effectiveness.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Interim Medical Center Director determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Pain Management Sub-Committee monitors the quality of pain assessment and the effectiveness of pain management interventions.
No. 11
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Closure Date: 6/4/2021
The Chief of Staff evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that clinicians conduct four follow-up appointments, either face-to-face or telephonic with documented consent, within the required time frame.
No. 12
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Closure Date: 11/19/2020
The Interim Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain staff receive annual suicide prevention refresher training.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/28/2021
The Interim Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that each community-based outpatient clinic has at least two designated women’s health primary care providers or arrangements for leave coverage when CBOCs have only one designated provider.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/22/2021
The Interim Medical Center Director evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that the Women Veterans Health Committee is comprised of the required core members.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/19/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and makes certain that standard operating procedures align with manufacturers’ guidelines and instructions for use.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/5/2021
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services evaluates and determines any additional reasons for noncompliance and ensures that the Chief of Sterile Processing Services reports the annual risk analysis results to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Sterile Processing Services Management Board.
No. 17
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Closure Date: 11/19/2020
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services determines the reasons for noncompliance and ensures that Sterile Processing Services staff properly complete competency assessments for reprocessing reusable medical equipment.
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