All Reports

The Office of Community Care’s Oversight of Non-VA Healthcare Claims Processed by Its Contractor
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19-06902-23
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Topics:  Community Care

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/7/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures the Payment Operations and Management directorate reevaluates all sample claims identified in this audit as not processed in accordance with Office of Community Care guidance, and takes appropriate corrective action as needed.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/20/2022
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures there is a contract requirement that the contractor’s employees must follow Office of Community Care guidance for processing non-VA care claims.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/20/2022
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures the contractor’s standard operating procedures for claims processing are accurate and a mechanism is put in place to keep the contractor’s procedures updated to reflect current Office of Community Care claims processing procedures.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/2/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures the Office of Community Care develops and implements clear controls for reviewing and updating, if necessary, the quality assurance surveillance plan requirements at least annually
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/2/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures the Payment Operations and Management personnel make full use of the established communication tracking tool.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/2/2021
The OIG recommended the under secretary for health ensures the Payment Operations and Management leaders provide timely training and additional guidance to their staff and the contractor’s employees on applying and using standardized denial and rejection reasons, and employees follow procedures to process claims with no authorizations to ensure consistent and accurate claims processing.
Biologic Implant Purchasing, Inventory Management, and Tracking Need Improvement
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19-07053-51
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Topics:  Supplies and Equipment

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
Provide clarifying guidance and controls to clinic staff on making determinations to send purchase requests and consult notifications to the appropriate purchasing agents.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
Provide clarifying guidance to purchasing agents on how to effectively evaluate biologic implant purchase requests for the correct funding source.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
Provide clarifying guidance to prosthetic agents to ensure they receive clinic staff consult notifications on all prosthetic purchases of biologic implants.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/1/2022
Create a biologic implant cost code for general-purpose funds to improve funding accountability and potentially assist in ensuring all biologic implant use is tracked.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
Direct the Procurement and Logistics Office to clarify guidance on the use of an approved inventory management system specific to biologic implants and the related VHA network, office, and facility staff responsibilities.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Monitor facility compliance with the use of an approved inventory management system for completeness and accuracy.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/5/2023
Direct the Procurement and Logistics Office to ensure logistics staff perform inventory reviews of biologic implants, as required.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2021
Monitor medical facility compliance with required reviews of on-site inventory.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/19/2024

Establish a structure for oversight responsibility that can provide guidance for tracking implanted biologics.

No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/3/2024

Create policies and procedures for facilities to follow as they implement effective controls for tracking biologic implants.

No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Establish standardized systems and requirements for facility staff to appropriately record necessary biologic implant attributes for accurate and accessible tracking of recipients to advance patient safety.
Reporting and Monitoring Personal Protective Equipment Inventory during the Pandemic
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20-02959-62
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Topics:  COVID-19 ● Supplies and Equipment

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/2/2021
Provide specific guidance for personnel in facilities and Veterans Integrated Service Network offices to report expired personal protective equipment supplies into the Response Monitoring Tool and refine the tool to allow the entry of expired supply levels on hand.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/15/2022
Communicate effective verification measures for facilities and Veterans Integrated Service Networks to improve the reliability and consistency of reported personal protective equipment on-hand quantity and usage information.
VA Needs Better Internal Communication and Data Sharing to Strengthen the Administration of Spina Bifida Benefits
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20-00295-61

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No. 1
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA),Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/12/2021
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits and the under secretary for health formalize interagency sharing processes between the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Denver regional office and the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Community Care on how data and information will be shared between both offices to prevent payments from continuing to deceased spina bifida beneficiaries.
No. 2
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA),Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/12/2021
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits and the under secretary for health take the following actions establish clear written guidance on sharing beneficiary data between the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Denver regional office and the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Community Care to ensure all entitled beneficiaries are enrolled in health care.
No. 3
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to Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Closure Date: 5/7/2021
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for benefits institute standardized procedures to help the Veterans Benefits Administration’s national call center agents provide accurate and comprehensive information about spina bifida benefits.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/14/2022
The OIG recommended that the under secretary for health direct the Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Community Care to develop a process to ensure those beneficiaries who are not using the services for which they are eligible, or need assistance with locating those services, receive them.
Insufficient Oversight for Issuing Prosthetic Supplies and Devices
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18-00972-38
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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: 11/5/2021
Ensure Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service business practice guidelines include specific requirements for conducting and properly documenting reviews of cloned and pending consults.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/5/2021
Ensure Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service staff develop a process to verify that consults include accessory and consumable supplies for prosthetic items prior to issuance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/5/2021
Ensure Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service establishes field consistency requirements for conducting program reviews and evaluations.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/5/2021
Ensure the executive director of the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service complies with existing policy for reviewing program assessments and evaluations and communicates review and evaluation results to the regional prosthetic representatives.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 79,200,000.00
VA Needs to Comply Fully with the Geospatial Data Act of 2018
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20-02339-35
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Topics:  Information Technology and Security

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No. 1
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to Office of Enterprise Integration (OEI)
Closure Date: 7/6/2021
The acting assistant secretary for Enterprise Integration, in conjunction with the assistant secretary for Information and Technology, complies with requirement 3 in section 759(a) of the Geospatial Data Act to establish mandatory VA wide policies and responsibilities to promote the integration of geospatial data.
No. 2
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to Information and Technology (OIT)
Closure Date: 5/9/2022
The assistant secretary for Information and Technology, in conjunction with the director of Enterprise Records Service, establishes a process to ensure geospatial data and activities are included on VA record schedules that have been approved by the National Archives and Records Administration in accordance with requirement 4 of the law.
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.
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