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Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Early Challenges Highlight Areas for Improvement in COVID-19 Vaccination Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Review of Veterans Health Administration’s COVID-19 Response and Continued Pandemic Readiness
On March 26, 2020, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its first COVID-19-focused report, OIG Inspection of Veterans Health Administration’s COVID-19 Screening and Pandemic Readiness. In that report, the OIG evaluated how the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) was preparing facilities to meet anticipated rising demands. This report outlines VHA’s continued response to the pandemic and provides VHA leaders’ descriptions of the evolving challenges they faced in caring for veterans and potentially nonveteran patients as well. The OIG engaged leaders from 70 selected facilities in...
Department of Justice OIG
Remote Inspection of Federal Correctional Complex Coleman
To view a set of interactive dashboards with up-to-date data on COVID-19 cases in this facility, click here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/ab22fb4c564e4f4b986e257c685190…
U.S. Postal Service OIG
Employee Safety – Postal Service COVID-19 Response
To lead its pandemic response, the Postal Service created the COVID-19 Command Response Team at headquarters to ensure the agency followed directives and guidance from the CDC. The Postal Service implemented changes to slow the spread of the virus, manage and support affected employees, and ensure that recovered employees returned to work safely. Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak regarding the safety of its employees.
Department of Justice OIG
Remote Inspection of Federal Bureau of Prisons Contract Correctional Institution McRae, Operated by CoreCivic
To view a set of interactive dashboards with up-to-date data on COVID-19 cases in this facility, click the link below.
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Insights on Telehealth Use and Program Integrity Risks Across Selected Health Care Programs During the Pandemic
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...
Department of Labor OIG
Insights on Telehealth Use and Program Integrity Risks in DOL Workers' Compensation Programs During the Pandemic
As part of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s (PRAC)1 effort toprovide policymakers and stakeholders with information about the nature oftelehealth and its use across federal health care programs, the Office ofInspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation to: (1) examine the use oftelehealth across the Department of Labor’s (DOL) workers’ compensationprograms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) identifyemerging risks related to the use of telehealth.
Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
Review of Highly Rural Community-Based Outpatient Clinics Limited Access to Select Specialty Care
The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed the accessibility of dermatology, orthopedics, and urology specialty care for patients in the 17 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) classified as highly rural. The OIG also reviewed accessibility, barriers, and the availability and utilization of resources for the time frame March 1, 2018 (or from the date the CBOC became highly rural), through February 28, 2019. VHA utilized clinical consults, electronic consults (eConsults), telehealth, and community care to provide specialty care at the highly...