Informational Report- Community Based Outpatient Clinic Cyclical Reports Fiscal Year 2012

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) began a systematic review of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) in FY 2009. The purpose of this report is to describe the study design of the CBOC reviews for October 2011 through September 2012. The report describes the CBOC inspection process which consists of four components: (1) CBOC site-specific information gathering and review, (2) medical record reviews for determining compliance with VHA and The Joint Commission standards and regulations, (3) on-site inspections, and (4) CBOC contract review.