Informational Report - Community Based Outpatient Clinic Cyclical Reports

As requested in House Report 110-775, to accompany H.R. 6599, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, fiscal year 2009, the VA Office of Inspector General is beginning a systematic review of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). The purpose of this informational report is to describe the study design of the forthcoming CBOC reviews. The report describes the CBOC inspection process which consists of four components: (1) CBOC site-specific information gathering and review, (2) medical record reviews for determining compliance with VHA performance measures, (3) onsite inspections, and (4) CBOC contract review.