Reports

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup developed this report to share insights about the expansion—and the emerging risks—of telehealth in selected programs across six federal agencies during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The selected programs, which provided telehealth services to about 37 million people in 2020 (up from just three million in 2019), included the Veterans Health Administration, Medicare, TRICARE, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, and Department of Justice prisoner healthcare...

This data story is the second in the series from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and focuses on the USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This product utilized data analytics, visualizations, and data storytelling methods to enhance transparency of how the CFAP 1 and CFAP 2 programs evolved over time.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of August 2022 for the COVID-19 emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance from the American Rescue Plan Act in the month of August 2022 for the COVID-19 recovery and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in May 2021.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of September 2022 for the COVID-19 emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance from the American Rescue Plan Act in the month of September 2022 for the COVID-19 recovery and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in May 2021.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance in the month of July 2022 for the COVID-19 emergency and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in April 2020.

The primary objective of this report is to show Missouri's spending of federal assistance from the American Rescue Plan Act in the month of July 2022 for the COVID-19 recovery and the cumulative financial activity since the state began receiving funding in May 2021.

The OIG reviewed the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) progress in monitoring their follow-up of canceled appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the OIG reported that VHA had not followed up on about 32 percent of canceled appointments. VHA then implemented the Cancelled Appointments and Consult Management Initiative and created a cancellation report to track follow-up conducted for appointments originally scheduled to occur after July 21, 2020. The report allowed tracking by types of care, by month, and cumulatively, but VHA did not use all the reporting features. VHA...