OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in January 2013...Read the Monthly Highlights
OIG Monthly Highlights
Read about our top reports and investigations in December 2012...Read the Monthly Highlights
Three Plead Guilty to Defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs
Guilty Pleas Entered by Former New Orleans VAMC Employees for Scheme Billing Veterans’ Health Care to Phony Companies...Read this press release
Congressional Testimony - 2/13/2013
Statement of Office of Inspector General Department of Veterans Affairs To The Committee On Veterans’ Affairs United States House Of Representatives Hearing On Honoring The Commitment: Overcoming Barriers To Quality Mental Health Care For Veterans Februar More
Pfizer Agrees to Pay $55 Million for Illegally Promoting Protonix for Off-Label Use
$55M Settlement Resolves Government's Investigation of Pfizer for Marketing Protonix for Use Not Approved by FDA...Read this press release
Audit of NCA's Internal Gravesite Review of Headstone and Marker Placement
US House Committee-Veterans Affairs requested OIG conduct this audit to determine if NCA adequately addressed issues found during its Phase One review of headstones and markers at VA national cemeteries. We found NCA did not have an independent review procedure to identify misplaced headstones and unmarked gravesites, did not...More
Former Gray Bear Construction Company Owner Sentenced for Lying to Obtain Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Program (SDVOSB) Contracts
Oregon Construction Owner Fined $200K, Gets 5 Years Probation for Defrauding Veteran Set-Aside Contract Program ...Read this press release
Review of VBA’s Transition to a Paperless Claims Processing Environment
In May 2012, the House Appropriations Committee directed the VA OIG to evaluate the VBMS to determine whether VA has performed sufficient systems testing. Our review included assessing whether VBA is positioned to meet its goal of eliminating the claims backlog and increasing the accuracy rate of processing claims to...More