All Reports

Review of Resident and Part-Time Physician Time and Attendance at Oklahoma City VA Health Care System
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17-00253-93

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure local policies and procedures are established for resident educational activity record keeping, monitoring resident participation in assigned educational activities, and reconciling VA educational activity with invoices submitted by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure all staff involved in educational activity record keeping receive initial and annual refresher training on how to maintain the records.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director establish procedures to ensure agreed-upon salary and benefits rates for residents are properly approved by the Office of Academic Affiliations.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director require the medical school to submit adequate documentation tosupport its benefits rate for Social Security and Medicare costs for residents who are exempt from those taxes.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure the Designated Education Officer certifies final invoices for payment after all discrepancies identified in the reconciliation process are resolved.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure the Designated Education Officer approves and maintains copies of the approved agreements for all off-site educational activities each academic year.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/4/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director review all academic year 2015–2016 invoices and initiateactions to recover overpayments from the medical school for residents who worked at non-VA facilities without prior written approval of the VA site directors and Designated Education Officer.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director appoint a team to conduct periodic audits of the disbursement agreement, including educational activity record keeping at the service and section level, reconciliation procedures, and the accuracy of the invoices submitted by the medical school.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure service chiefs conduct required reviews of part-time physicians to ensure they are working as scheduled.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/4/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director require service chiefs and supervisors ensure part-time physicians on adjustable work schedules enter their work hours in the electronic subsidiary record on a daily basis.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/21/2019
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure that all overdue reconciliations of part-time physicians’ adjustable work hour agreements identified in the report are performed and actions are taken to address over- and underpayments.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/20/2019
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director establish procedures to verify that all reconciliations of part-time physicians’ adjustable work hour agreements are completed timely.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/4/2018
The OIG recommended the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System Director ensure service chiefs conduct quarterly reviews of all part-time physicians on adjustable work schedules.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 7,407,000.00
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, North Carolina
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17-01856-135

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/2/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical managers consistently review Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data every 6 months and monitors the managers’ compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/2/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures Physician Utilization Management Advisors consistently document their decisions in the National Utilization Management Integration database and monitors the Advisors’ compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2019
The Facility Interim Director ensures that required representatives of the interdisciplinary group consistently attend meetings and review utilization management data, and monitors the group’s compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/28/2018
The Facility Interim Director ensures that the Patient Safety Manager submits an annual patient safety report to facility leaders at the completion of each fiscal year and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/13/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures clinicians consistently obtain all required laboratory tests prior to initiating patients on anticoagulant medications and monitors clinicians’ compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures providers consistently document patient or surrogate informed consent and identify the receiving provider for patients transferred out of the facility and monitors the providers’ compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures that clinicians consistently communicate pertinent patient information to the receiving facility when patients are transferred out of the facility and monitors the clinicians’ compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/2/2018
The Associate Director ensures that the Interdisciplinary Safety Inspection Team complete the required training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, including the proper use of the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist, and monitors compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/20/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures that acceptable providers perform suicide risk assessments for all patients with positive post-traumatic stress disorder screens and monitors providers’ compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/10/2020
The Chief of Staff ensures that acceptable providers complete diagnostic evaluations for patients with positive post-traumatic stress disorder screens within 30 days of the referral and monitors providers’ compliance.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the VA Illiana Health Care System, Danville, Illinois
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17-05424-142

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/11/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that Service Chiefs complete all required elements of Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for the determination of provider’s privileges and monitors the Service Chiefs’ compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures all required members attend the Utilization Management Committee meetings on an ongoing basis and monitors compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/27/2019
The Associate Director ensures required team members consistently participate on environment of care rounds and monitors team members’ compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Associate Director ensures that temperature monitoring occurs in all dry food storage areas and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Facility Director ensures that electronic access for performing or monitoring controlled substance balance adjustments is limited to appropriate staff and monitors compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that mammogram results are electronically linked to the radiology order and monitors compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures ordering providers communicate mammogram results to patients and monitors providers’ compliance.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
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17-01764-143

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical managers consistently review Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data every 6 months and monitors compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures Physician Utilization Management Advisors at the Alvin C. York campus consistently document their decisions in the National Utilization Management Integration database and monitors the advisors’ compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2019
The Facility Director ensures clinicians document patient education for patients receiving anticoagulation medication and monitors compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/23/2020
The Facility Director ensures inter-facility patient transfer data are analyzed and reported to an identified quality oversight committee and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/23/2020
The Chief of Staff ensures providers consistently document patient or surrogate informed consent and the patient’s medical and behavior stability when patients are transferred out of the facility and monitors the providers’ compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/23/2020
The Chief of Staff ensures providers countersign the acceptable designees’ transfer/progress notes when patients are transferred out of the facility and monitors compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Associate Director ensures that environment of care rounds are conducted at the required frequency and correctly documented in the Comprehensive Environment of Care Assessment and Compliance Tool and monitors compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Associate Director ensures required team members participate on environment of care rounds and monitors compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Associate Director ensures ventilation grills are clean and ceiling tiles are properly maintained and monitors compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/27/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures radiation safety signage is posted in each radiation area and monitors compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/14/2018
The Associate Director ensures locked mental health unit panic alarm testing documentation includes VA Police response time and monitors compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/13/2019
The Associate Director ensures all mental health unit employees and Interdisciplinary Safety Inspection Team members complete the required training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, including the proper use of the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist, and monitors compliance.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures that providers include review of abnormalities of major organ systems in the history and physical exams and/or pre-sedation assessments and monitors compliance.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/21/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures that providers inform patients when the provider performing a moderate sedation procedure is not the provider listed on the informed consent for the procedure and document the patient’s assent to the change and monitors compliance.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical employees who perform, assist with, or supervise moderate sedation procedures have current moderate sedation training and monitors their compliance.
Review of Alleged Hazardous Construction Conditions at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center, Muskogee, Oklahoma
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15-04678-114

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/5/2018
The OIG recommended the Medical Center Director, Eastern Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, ensure contracting officer’s representatives comply with duties assigned in the Delegation of Authority Memo.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/29/2018
The OIG recommended the Medical Center Director, Eastern Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, ensure that on future contracts, the Chief, Engineering Service, assign contracting officer’s representatives who have experience commensurate with delegated responsibilities in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/5/2018
The OIG recommended the Medical Center Director, Eastern Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, ensure personnel follow established Veterans Health Administration policies on safety inspections.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/27/2018
The OIG recommended the Medical Center Director, Eastern Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, clarify the implementation of the safety inspections in Veterans Health Administration Directive 7715, Safety and Health During Construction, April 6, 2017, to ensure the safety inspections are not performed routinely or in a discernable pattern.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/5/2018
The OIG recommended the Medical Center Director, Eastern Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, ensure the assignment of a safety officer in accordance with Veterans Health Administration Directive 7715, Safety and Health During Construction, April 6, 2017.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 22,540,470.00
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska
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17-05402-137

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/15/2018
The Associate Director ensures required team members consistently participate on environment of care rounds and monitors members’ compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/24/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures the Infection Prevention Committee consistently documents discussions of the high-risk elements and analysis of surveillance data and monitors compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/24/2018
The Facility Director ensures that 1-day reconciliation of controlled substance refills to automated dispensing units in patient care areas and 1-day reconciliation of returns to pharmacy stock are performed consistently during controlled substance inspections, and the Facility Director monitors compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/24/2018
The Facility Director ensures that 72-hour pharmacy inventories are consistently completed during controlled substance inspections in pharmacy areas and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/15/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that the geriatric evaluation program receives the required oversight and that quality improvement data are regularly reviewed and documented in committee minutes, and the Chief of Staff monitors compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/15/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that geriatric evaluation program registered nurses perform the required patient assessments and monitors the nurses’ compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/15/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures ordering providers or designees communicate mammogram results to patients within the required timeframe and monitors providers’ compliance.
Audit of the Personnel Suitability Program
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17-00753-78

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No. 1
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 1/3/2019
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness implement the monitoring program required by policy and establish robust management oversight of the personnel suitability program.
No. 2
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 3/28/2022
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness report the results of program monitoring activities and obtain corrective action plans from the Veterans Health Administration.
No. 3
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 1/3/2019
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness establish and enforce quality and performance metrics for the personnel suitability program.
No. 4
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 7/27/2021
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness evaluate human capital needs for program oversight and facilitate the delegation or brokering of duties necessary to manage the background investigation workload.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA),Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 1/19/2021
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness coordinate with the Executive in Charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, to implement a plan to review the suitability status of all Veterans Health Administration personnel and correct delinquencies to ensure a properly vetted workforce.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/16/2021
The OIG recommended the Executive in Charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, improve management oversight of the personnel suitability program at VA medical facilities and ensure background investigations are properly initiated and adjudicated nationwide, and internal control mechanisms required by policy are properly implemented.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/26/2019
The OIG recommended the Executive in Charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, execute VA requirements to improve the governance of the personnel suitability program.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/10/2021
The OIG recommended the Executive in Charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, evaluate human capital needs and coordinate appropriate resources to manage personnel suitability workload at VA medical facilities.
No. 9
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 5/10/2021
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness develop and execute a project management plan to ensure sufficient and appropriate data are collected in support of suitability program objectives.
No. 10
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to Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 5/10/2021
The OIG recommended the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness ensure that personnel suitability investigation data are fully evaluated and reliable for program tracking and oversight.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA),Human Resources and Administration Office (HRA),Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP)
Closure Date: 10/29/2020
The OIG recommended the Executive in Charge, Office of the Under Secretary for Health, coordinate with the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness to implement a plan to correct current data integrity issues and improve the accuracy of personnel suitability program data.
VHA Review of Selected Construction Projects at Oklahoma City VA Health Care System
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17-00253-102

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/23/2019
The OIG recommended the Acting Under Secretary for Health ensure the construction areas in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit project are sealed to prevent further weather damage.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/14/2019
The OIG recommended the Acting Under Secretary for Health ensure the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System implements procedures to strengthen minor and non-recurring maintenance construction oversight.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/28/2018
The OIG recommended the Acting Under Secretary for Health determine if administrative actions should be taken concerning key officials responsible for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit project.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/14/2019
The OIG recommended the Acting Under Secretary for Health ensure the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System establishes procedures to ensure recommendations by technical experts, who perform site visits to evaluate project completion status and conformance to contract specifications as provided in design and construction contracts, are implemented.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island
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17-01761-129

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/24/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical managers consistently review Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data quarterly and monitors the managers’ compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/21/2018
The Facility Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager conducts the minimum of four individual root cause analyses each year and monitors compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/21/2018
The Facility Director ensures the Patient Safety Manager prepares and submits annual patient safety reports and monitors the Patient Safety Manager’s compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures inter-facility patient transfer data are collected and analyzed as part of the facility’s quality management program and monitors compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that staff/attending physicians countersign transfer notes written by acceptable designees for patients transferring to another facility and monitors physicians’ compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/3/2019
The Chief of Staff ensures that facility staff consistently document provision of necessary medical care within the facility’s capacity for all patients prior to transfer to another facility and monitors staff compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures Radiology Service employees check the emergency cart and defibrillator according to facility policy and monitors compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Associate Director ensures locked mental health unit panic alarm testing documentation includes VA Police response time and monitors compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Associate Director ensures all members of the Interdisciplinary Safety Inspection Team complete the required training on how to identify and correct environmental hazards, including the proper use of the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist, and monitors members’ compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/24/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures the Community Nursing Home Oversight Committee meets at least quarterly, includes representatives from all required disciplines, and integrates the CNH program into the facility’s quality improvement program, and the Chief of Staff monitors the committee’s compliance.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/24/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures the Community Nursing Home Review Team completes annual reviews within the required timeframe and monitors the team’s compliance.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/31/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures social workers and registered nurses conduct cyclical clinical visits with the required frequency and monitors social workers’ and registered nurses’ compliance.
Audit of VISN 7 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Repairs
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16-04655-70

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/23/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director require VA medical facility staff to input power wheelchair and scooter repair requests as soon as they are received and implement management controls to ensure repairs with closed consults are monitored to completion.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/23/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director ensure Prosthetic Service staff follow documentation procedures by making annotations in the consults as required by Veterans Health Administration Directive 1232(1), Consult Processes and Procedures, and the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service Business Practice Guidelines for Prosthetics Consult Management for power wheelchair and scooter repair.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/12/2019
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director implement controls to ensure Prosthetic Service staff monitor and follow up on repairs from initial request through completion to ensure the repairs are timely.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/3/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Director ensure Prosthetic Service managers and staff monitor vendors to ensure they meet agreed-upon delivery dates for repairs.
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program Review of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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17-01854-115

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical managers consistently review Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation data every 6 months and monitors the managers’ compliance.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Facility Director ensures inter-facility patient transfer data are collected and reported to the Medical Executive Committee and monitors compliance.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that for patients transferred out of the facility, clinicians consistently include documentation of patient or surrogate informed consent and identification of transferring and receiving provider or designee in transfer documentation and monitors the clinicians’ compliance.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that transfer notes written by acceptable designees document staff/attending physician approval and include a staff/attending physician countersignature and monitors acceptable designees’ compliance.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures that for patients transferred out of the facility, providers document sending or communicating to the accepting facility pertinent patient information and monitors providers’ compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/7/2019
The Deputy Director ensures all areas of the facility are inspected at the required frequency and monitors compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/19/2018
The Deputy Director ensures core team members consistently attend environment of care rounds and monitors compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/19/2018
The Deputy Director ensures locked mental health unit employees and Interdisciplinary Safety Inspection Team members receive annual training on the identification and correction of environmental hazards, including the proper use of the Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist, and monitors compliance.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/22/2018
The Chief of Staff ensures staff who perform, assist with, or supervise moderate sedation procedures have current Talent Management System moderate sedation training and monitors their compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 12/19/2018
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services ensures social workers and registered nurses conduct and document cyclical clinical visits with the frequency required by Veterans Health Administration policy for community nursing home oversight and monitors the social workers’ and registered nurses’ compliance.
Audit of Veteran Wait Time Data, Choice Access, and Consult Management in VISN 15
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17-00481-117

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director ensure that staff at all network facilities use the clinically indicated date, when available, when scheduling new patient appointments.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/13/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Health Administration Executive in Charge initiate a process to automate the use of the clinically indicated date, when applicable, when scheduling appointments.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/13/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director ensure network facilities appropriately manage the scheduler audit tool in order to conduct the required scheduler audits, communicate specific audit results to scheduling staff, and take corrective actions as needed based on audit results.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director examine processes to improve monitoring and tracking for timely surveillance colonoscopies.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/13/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director implement additional standard monitoring procedures sufficient to enable network facility staff to accurately manage the aging of all referrals for eligible veterans for Choice care.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Health Administration Executive in Charge implement standard monitoring procedures to ensure medical appointment timeliness standards are met as required under Choice contracts.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/24/2020
The OIG recommended the Veterans Health Administration Executive in Charge implement controls to ensure Choice medical documentation is received timely in accordance with Choice contracts.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/30/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director communicate specific audit results of VHA’s audit of consults to all network facility staff involved in consult management, implement specific training, and ensure corrective action is taken as needed.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 2/6/2019
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director ensure network facilities manage consults that are clinically indicated for the future in accordance with VHA’s consult policy.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/13/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director ensure network facilities implement contingency plans in accordance with VHA’s outpatient clinic practice management policy and communicate to providers regarding how to process consults when a service becomes unavailable.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/13/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 Director ensure the care of patients identified in the patient summaries of this report are evaluated, take action, if appropriate, and confer with Regional Counsel regarding the appropriateness of disclosures to patients and families.
Healthcare Inspection – Mismanagement of Resuscitation and Other Concerns at the Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York
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17-01485-128

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No. 1
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to General Counsel (OGC)
Closure Date: 9/16/2019
We recommended that the VA Office of the General Counsel, pursuant to VA Directive 6311, work in conjunction with the Office of Information Technology, Veterans Health Administration offices, and other interested offices to advise the Under Secretary for Health regarding the refinement (or development) of policies reasonably designed to ensure the preservation of electronically stored information when legally necessary (or desirable for purposes of quality improvement), including, but not limited to electronically stored information that is subject to auto-deletion, such as telemetry data.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Veterans Integrated Service Network Director conduct an evaluation of the Facility’s quality management practices (including but not limited to Root Cause Analyses, Issue Briefs, Administrative Investigation Boards, and Institutional Disclosures) to ensure that they align with Veterans Health Administration policies and also address the following specific deficiencies in this case: (a) the failure to conduct a Root Cause Analysis, (b) the failure to conduct a timely Administrative Investigation Board, (c) the failure to provide an Issue Brief, (d) the failure of the Administrative Investigation Board to consider all available evidence, and (e) the failure to make an Institutional Disclosure consistent with Veterans Health Administration Policy.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/9/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director review the care of the patient who is the subject of this report and confer with the Office of Human Resources and the Office of General Counsel to determine the appropriate administrative action to take, if any.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that staff conduct interprofessional mock code training throughout the Facility with debriefing and monitor outcomes.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director conduct an evaluation inclusive of, but not limited to, unit 9B and the Respiratory Department to determine if there are issues undermining teamwork at the work place, take action to address those issues, and monitor compliance.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that staff adhere to the Facility’s telemetry policy including, but not limited to, saving rhythm strips when a patient has a change in his/her baseline or a significant arrhythmia, that a competent staff member is always at the telemetry station, and that facility managers monitor compliance.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure that the Facility’s Education Department staff review the adequacy of its annual telemetry monitoring re-certification process including, but not limited to, evaluating whether to institute additional requirements for staff who rarely have practical experience in telemetry monitoring and establishing procedures to ensure that re-tests are conducted and tracked appropriately and monitor compliance.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director evaluate the Respiratory Department handoff communications process including the timing of patients’ treatments and code status and modify as appropriate.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/2/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director ensure staff assess patients before and after breathing treatments, document the patient’s response in the electronic health record, and monitor compliance.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/12/2018
We recommended that the Facility Director review the content of Facility staff’s communication to the patient’s family and take corrective action if it is determined that the communication was insufficient to convey that the Facility was disclosing potentially inadequate care.
Healthcare Inspection – Alleged Patient Aligned Care Team Wait Time and Funding Issues at the Monterey Community Based Outpatient Clinic, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
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17-02686-125

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/8/2018
We recommended that the System Director review human resources and clinic hiring processes for Patient Aligned Care Team staff and take action to minimize delays in filling vacancies.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/23/2018
We recommended that the System Director assess and ensure patient panel sizes for Patient Aligned Care Team providers are in compliance with Veterans Health Administration policy.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/8/2018
We recommended that the System Director ensure that Patient Aligned Care Team process improvement projects do not negatively affect clinic patient appointments.
Critical Deficiencies at the Washington DC VAMC
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17-02644-130

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/13/2020
The Medical Center Director ensures that necessary supplies, instruments, and equipment are available in patient care areas at the Medical Center when and where they are needed.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/19/2019
The Medical Center Director requires operating room staff to conduct the final validation that all supplies, instruments, and equipment needed to perform the planned procedure and to address potential complications are in the operating room and available for use.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/19/2019
The Medical Center Director makes certain that the OR staff have accurate lists of surgical instruments needed for particular procedures.
No. 4
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/8/2019
The Under Secretary for Health specifies criteria under which individual medical centers will conduct wild card Aggregated Reviews for high-frequency patient safety events.
No. 5
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures that routine audits of incident reporting system entries are completed to ascertain that all patient safety events are in the National Center for Patient Safety database as required by VHA policy.
No. 6
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/10/2019
The Medical Center Director requires Medical Center oversight committees to follow up and initiate action as necessary on quality assurance matters related to supplies, instruments, or equipment.
No. 7
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2020
The Medical Center Director confirms the full utilization of a VHA authorized inventory system that contains accurate and reliable information regarding the availability of supplies throughout the Medical Center.
No. 8
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2019
The Medical Center Director makes certain that the environmental integrity of clean/sterile storerooms complies with VHA policy.
No. 9
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/8/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures there are clearly defined and effective procedures for replacing missing or broken instruments, and that staff responsible for this function have been educated on the process.
No. 10
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/10/2019
The Medical Center Director confirms that clearly defined and effective procedures address the disposition of discolored instruments during reprocessing and that staff responsible for this function have been educated on the process.
No. 11
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 5/10/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures that the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) implements a quality assurance program to verify the cleanliness, functionality, and completeness of instrument sets prior to their reaching clinical areas.
No. 12
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/28/2019
The Medical Center Director makes certain that SPS and OR personnel comply with policies and procedures for the proper reprocessing of loaner instruments and trays.
No. 13
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The Medical Center Director verifies that SPS managers maintain an accurate Master List for reusable medical equipment and file copies of manufacturer’s instructions as required by VHA policy.
No. 14
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures that the SPS maintains updated and readily accessible standard operating procedures for all instruments and equipment within SPS and its satellite areas in accordance with VHA policy.
No. 15
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/30/2019
The Medical Center Director verifies that all SPS employees have appropriate, updated competencies and a demonstrated proficiency to perform their assigned duties.
No. 16
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2019
The VISN 5 Director secures adequate space and funding for the Medical Center satellite reprocessing areas, which includes separate decontamination, processing, and packaging areas in accordance with VHA SPS policies.
No. 17
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/13/2018
The VISN 5 Director makes certain that the Medical Center Director resolves open and pending prosthetic consults and implements a plan to address future prosthetic consults in accordance with VHA policy.
No. 18
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The Medical Center Director ensures the revision of Medical Center Fiscal Service practices to eliminate unnecessary cessations of prosthetic device purchasing, including at fiscal year-end.
No. 19
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/22/2019
The VISN 5 Director, together with Medical Center leaders, develops a staffing plan to fill vacancies that includes accurate numbers of authorized positions by service that is based on clinical and administrative workload and other appropriate measures, and includes contingencies for staffing areas with high attrition rates.
No. 20
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 11/7/2019
The VISN 5 Director ensures the timely completion of hiring actions at the Medical Center until staffing deficiencies in Logistics Service and Sterile Processing Services are fully resolved.
No. 21
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/25/2019
The Medical Center Director transitions purchase cards held by clinical staff and used for expendable medical supplies to Logistics Service staff, while ensuring that medical supplies can be obtained in a timely manner.
No. 22
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 7/17/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures that medical supply items are added to the prime vendor formulary in order to meet prime vendor purchasing goals.
No. 23
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/25/2019
The Medical Center Director makes certain that the Purchase Card Coordinator and approving officials monitor the issuance and future use of government purchase cards in accordance with VA Financial Policy.
No. 24
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/16/2018
The Medical Center Director maintains segregation of duties between personnel who order and purchase expendable and nonexpendable items and those who receive the items.
No. 25
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/10/2020
The VISN 5 Director ensures that the Medical Center updates and maintains the Equipment Inventory List (EIL) as required by VA policy and makes certain that the Medical Center Director and Chief Logistics Officer are held accountable for the timely and accurate reporting of the Medical Center EIL.
No. 26
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The Medical Center Director ensures that equipment is accurately and timely entered into the Automated Engineering Management System/Medical Equipment Reporting System.
No. 27
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/18/2019
The Medical Center Director ensures that unrequired equipment is turned in for disposition consistent with VHA policies and procedures
No. 28
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The Medical Center Director properly secures all areas used to store medical equipment and supplies.
No. 29
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/19/2019
The Medical Center Director designates an official records manager, alternate records manager, and official records liaisons, as well as implements a records management program in accordance with the National Archives and Records Administration requirements.
No. 30
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The Medical Center Director verifies that actions have been taken to notify patients when their information may have been improperly accessed, as appropriate.
No. 31
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/10/2020
The Medical Center Director verifies that accurate and complete financial documentation to support medical supply and equipment purchases is readily available in accordance with GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government.
No. 32
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/15/2019
The VISN 5 Director audits a representative sample of FY 2017 Medical Center supply, instrument, and equipment purchases and ensures adequate internal controls for future purchases are in place.
No. 33
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/10/2020
The Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management ensures that the VHA Procurement and Logistics Office conducts regular audits of the logistics services within VHA medical centers to assess compliance with VA and VHA policies pertaining to procurement and logistics, and makes certain that timely and effective remediation occurs in response to all noncompliant conditions identified as a result of those audits.
No. 34
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/10/2018
The VISN 5 Director evaluates the accuracy of representations made by Medical Center staff in connection with the completion of action plans arising out of the National Program Office of Sterile Processing October 2016 site visit and determines whether administrative actions should be taken as a result of those representations.
No. 35
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 6/5/2019
The VISN 5 Director institutes procedures designed to ensure the accuracy of future representations made by Washington DC VA Medical Center staff in connection with action plans submitted to oversight bodies such as VHA program offices.
No. 36
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 1/9/2019
The Under Secretary for Health clearly defines program offices’ responsibility for reporting high-priority recommendations to responsible individuals within VHACO, and requires independent verification that the relevant medical center and/or VISN have implemented the recommendations.
No. 37
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 10/22/2018
The Under Secretary for Health develops a means of aggregating and analyzing available data on Logistics, Sterile Processing, Prosthetics, and Human Resources services (or other services as the Under Secretary for Health deems appropriate) so that major operational deficiencies at a medical center or VISN that affect multiple services or functions may be detected and corrected.
No. 38
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 4/24/2019
The Under Secretary for Health takes appropriate administrative action to address the conditions identified in this report.
No. 39
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/10/2020
The VISN 5 Director oversees implementation of recommendations directed to the Medical Center Director.
No. 40
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 8/10/2020
The Under Secretary for Health verifies the successful implementation of all recommendations contained within this report.
Audit of Interior Design and Furnishing Contract Mismanagement by Network Contracting Office 21
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16-00409-64

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No. 1
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/6/2018
The OIG recommended Service Area Office West Executive Director ensure the Network Contracting Office 21 Director implements the required integrated oversight process to perform the required pre-award contract reviews to ensure contracting officers’ compliance with Federal and VA acquisition regulations prior to contract award.
No. 2
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 3/6/2018
The OIG recommended the Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 Director consult with the appropriate VA financial and legal officials to determine steps the Northern California Health Care System Director should take to remedy the violation of the bona fide needs rule.
No. 3
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to Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Closure Date: 9/20/2018
The OIG recommended the Service Area Office West Executive Directortake steps to ensure the Network Contracting Office 21 Director developand implement processes to effectively monitor the status of contractsand ensure contracting officers appropriately modify the contracts orclose them out in accordance with contract terms and the FederalAcquisition Regulation.
Total Monetary Impact of All Recommendations
Open: $ 0.00
Closed: $ 3,300,000.00
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