VA Headlines tracks the official record on the Department of Veterans Affairs: VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) hospital inspections and audits, GAO reports, Office of Special Counsel whistleblower cases, and Justice Department VA fraud cases. Current headlines link to the government source, so veterans, families and reporters can check the facts themselves; older archive items tagged NEWS link to press coverage. We are not attacking the VA; we are holding it accountable.
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10/22/26 - Spine surgeon took $379K in sham "consulting" fees to use one company's implants. No prison.DOJ
10/19/26 - VA Home Loan Servicer Village Capital to Pay Over $500,000 to Resolve Allegations It Violated Servicemembers’ Rate-Cap Rights; Justice Dept Alleges False Delinquency Reports to VADOJ
10/08/26 - OIG Roll-Up of 10 Inpatient Mental Health Inspections: Discharge Instructions Full of Jargon, Risk-Benefit Talks Before New Meds Not Documented; 3 RecommendationsOIG
10/06/26 - Eastern Colorado VA: Breast Biopsy Consult Went Incomplete After Abnormal Mammogram, Primary Care Follow-Up Not Documented; Patient Later Found With Metastatic Disease, OIG FindsOIG
10/06/26 - Pittsburgh VA Inspection: Care-Area and Storeroom Cleanliness, Medical Equipment Testing, Pharmaceutical Waste Containers, Power-Strip Safety; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/30/26 - GAO: Over 31,000 Harassment-Related Incidents Reported at VA Medical Centers FY2020–2025; VA Has No Systemwide Measure of Actual PrevalenceGAO
09/30/26 - Middleton VA (Madison, WI) Inspection: Test-Result Communication Policy and Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/30/26 - Central Virginia VA (Richmond) Inspection: Test-Result Communication Policy and Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/25/26 - East Orange VA Inspection: Fire Doors, Sprinkler Testing, Cleanliness Cited; 11 Recommendations, Repeat FindingsOIG
09/25/26 - Albany VA Inspection: Unprotected Patient Health Information, Unclean Rooms and Food/Medication Refrigerators; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/25/26 - Milwaukee VA Inspection: 1 Recommendation, Test-Result Communication Policy and WorkflowsOIG
09/24/26 - OIG Audit: Community Care Add-On Requests Often Miss 3-Day Standard, Notifications Average 12 Days; About 2.6 Million Requests Reviewed, 6 RecommendationsOIG
09/22/26 - OIG: 435 of 2,210 VA Contract Actions Terminated for Convenience, About $1.1 Billion; Errors Found in Figures Reported to CongressOIG
09/22/26 - OIG Summary: Only 1 of 12 VA Supply-Schedule Nonpharmaceutical Proposals Had Accurate, Complete, Current Commercial Price Disclosures; About $814 Million in Contract ValueOIG
09/14/26 - OIG Inspection of South Texas VA Inpatient Psych Unit: Bed-Availability Reporting Errors, No Formal Involuntary-Commitment Process, Police Recording Issue; 13 RecommendationsOIG
09/14/26 - House VA Committee Democrats: Subpoenas Served on Oracle's Ellison and Sicilia Over VA EHR Contract Ceiling IncreaseHOUSE
09/11/26 - OIG: VA Officials Report 4,712 Severe Occupational Staffing Shortages in FY2026; OIG Did Not Validate ResponsesOIG
09/10/26 - OIG Information-Security Inspection: Lovell Federal Healthcare System Deficient in All 3 High-Risk Control Areas; 7 RecommendationsOIG
09/10/26 - OIG: Fayetteville VA Minor-Construction Projects Hit by Delays of 1 to 7+ Years and Higher Costs After Hotline Complaint; 4 RecommendationsOIG
09/09/26 - OIG Advisory: $25 Billion VA Federal Supply Schedule Relies on Single Vendor-Identified “Tracking Customer” for Price ProtectionOIG
09/08/26 - House Veterans’ Affairs Posts Staff-Oracle Emails: Oracle Accepted EHR Hearing Invitation, Then WithdrewHOUSE
09/04/26 - Tucson (Southern Arizona) VA Inspection: Zero RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Philadelphia VA Inspection: Surveillance-System Problems, Portable Liquid-Nitrogen Tank Storage Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Salisbury VA Inspection: Cleanliness and Privacy-Curtain Findings; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/04/26 - Tuscaloosa VA Inspection: Cleaning-Supply Storage and Test-Result Workflows Cited; 2 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - House Veterans’ Affairs Votes 19-0 to Subpoena Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Michael Sicilia Over VA EHR ModernizationHOUSE
09/02/26 - GAO Testimony to House Veterans’ Affairs: VA Has Fully Addressed 4 of 18 EHR Modernization Recommendations; 14 Remain Open as Deployments AccelerateGAO
09/02/26 - OIG Review of Augusta VA Supply Chain: Concerns Raised by VA Secretary and Local Leaders Examined; 7 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - Jackson (Sonny Montgomery) VA Inpatient Psych Inspection: 10 RecommendationsOIG
09/02/26 - Kansas City VA Inpatient Psych Inspection: 8 RecommendationsOIG
09/01/26 - OIG: VA Paid About $11.2 Million for Veterans Crisis Line Backup Services That Were Not Provided; $32.5 Million ContractOIG
08/31/26 - OIG: VBA Did Not Always Follow Law on Disability-Benefit Reductions; At Least $16.9 Million Improperly Paid, 4 RecommendationsOIG
08/31/26 - OIG Substantiates ICU Nursing, Care-Quality and Provider-Staffing Concerns at Columbia (SC) Dorn VA; 7 RecommendationsOIG
08/28/26 - Mountain Home VA (Tennessee) Inspection: 1 Recommendation, Test-Result Communication WorkflowsOIG
08/28/26 - OIG Summary: 11 of 16 VA Drug-Schedule Proposals Had Deficient Commercial Price Disclosures; Reviews Helped Save About $24.7 MillionOIG
08/26/26 - Northern Arizona VA (Prescott) Inspection: No RecommendationsOIG
08/20/26 - OIG Audit: $51.7 Billion Spent From PACT Act Toxic Exposures Fund With Control Weaknesses; 4 RecommendationsOIG
08/14/26 - OIG: Central Virginia VA Psychiatrist and Social Worker Did Not Arrange Safe Inpatient Mental Health Discharge; 6 RecommendationsOIG
08/05/26 - OIG: Of 301,177 Veterans Who Agreed to Post-9/11 TBI Evaluation, 142,270 Did Not Receive It; 3 RecommendationsOIG
06/11/26 - OIG: VA Gave Clinical Staff Generative AI Chat Tools Without Oversight or Safeguards, Creating Patient-Safety Risk; 3 RecommendationsOIG
02/03/26 - OIG Inspects Battle Creek VA: Repeat Environment-of-Care Issues and Test-Result Workflow Gaps CitedOIG
1/27/26 - Task & Purpose: Hacker Posted a Marine Veteran's Health Information OnlineNEWS
1/27/26 - ABC News: VA Nurse Shot and Killed by Federal Agent in Minneapolis: What We KnowNEWS
01/22/26 - Omaha VA Inpatient Mental Health Unit: OIG Finds Environment-of-Care and Staffing Problems; 13 RecommendationsOIG
01/27/26 - OIG: VISN 7 Did Not Hold Dublin, GA VA Leaders Accountable for Fixing Site-Visit Findings (Dec 2021 to Jul 2024); 3 RecommendationsOIG
12/18/25 - VA Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining PPP LoanDOJ
2/16/25 - Orange County Register: Loma Linda VA Community Care Woes Emblematic of Problems Nationwide, Federal Inspector SaysNEWS
02/06/25 - Stars and Stripes: Democratic Senators Urge VA Secretary to Revoke Outside Access to Veterans' Personal InformationNEWS
02/05/25 - New VA Secretary Doug Collins' First Message to Veterans and VA EmployeesVA
1/27/25 - Stars and Stripes: President Fires VA's Top Watchdog Amid Removal of Federal Inspectors GeneralNEWS
11/26/24 - DOJ: VA Nurse Charged With Unlawfully Accessing Veterans' Health Information (Charges Are Allegations)DOJ
4/23/24 - Loma Linda VA: OIG Finds Primary Care Community Care Consults Rose From 183 to 1,626 in a Year; 3 RecommendationsOIG
1/20/21 - Connecting Vets: VA Leadership Changes as a New Acting Secretary Is NamedNEWS
1/20/21 - Connecting Vets: Out With the Old, In With the New Acting Veterans Affairs SecretaryNEWS
11/27/2020 - Norfolk Daily News (Commentary): VA Has Seen a 'Dramatic and Needed Turnaround'NEWS
11/26/20 - NBC Chicago: 27 Veterans Die in COVID-19 Outbreak at Illinois Veterans HomeNEWS
11/21/20 - Military.com: Former VA No. 2 Says He Was Fired for Refusing to Help Discredit an Alleged Sexual Assault VictimNEWS
10/12/20 - CBC (Canada): Lawsuit Accuses Veterans Affairs Canada of Failing to Tell Eligible Veterans About BenefitsNEWS
08/20/20 - OIG: Conflict-of-Interest Allegation Against a VA Medical Center Chief of Staff Not Substantiated; Misuse of VA Email FoundOIG
08/20/20 - CNBC: Former White House Adviser Pleads Not Guilty in Alleged Border Wall Fundraising SchemeNEWS
07/22/20 - OIG: VBA's STAR Quality-Review Program Did Not Adequately Catch and Correct Claims Errors; 6 RecommendationsOIG
07/22/20 - OIG: VBA Quality Reviewers Missed Errors in an Estimated 9,900 of 28,400 Claim Reviews (35%)OIG
07/15/20 - MSN: Fired VA Staffer Faces 7 Murder Counts in Insulin Deaths of Veterans at Clarksburg VA (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
07/15/20 - OIG: VHA Ran 8 Canine Research Studies Without the VA Secretary's Required ApprovalOIG
07/14/20 - KELOLAND: Fired VA Staffer Charged in Insulin Deaths of Veterans (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
07/08/20 - OIG Administrative Investigation: Former VA Assistant Secretary Steered a $5M Contract; 232 of 17,000 Licenses UsedOIG
06/29/20 - Politico: Veteran's Podcast Draws Administration ScrutinyNEWS
06/23/20 - Air Force Times: President Threatens Prison Terms for Protesters Toppling Statues, Citing Veterans Memorial ProtectionsNEWS
06/19/20 - Yahoo News: VA Employee Charged With Stealing Ventilators and Selling Them on eBay (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
06/18/20 - White House Archive: Brenda M. Saiz Nominated for U.S. District Judge, District of New MexicoWH
06/16/20 - Stars and Stripes: Lawmakers Want VA to Address Backlog of FOIA Requests From Veterans' AdvocatesNEWS
06/03/20 - Yahoo News: Lawmaker Calls for Gender-Neutral VA MottoNEWS
06/01/20 - Army Times: Protesters Damage VA Headquarters and Several D.C. War MonumentsNEWS
05/28/20 - C-SPAN Video: VA Secretary Testifies on VA's Coronavirus ResponseNEWS
05/25/20 - Bipartisan House Appropriators Ask VA to Remove or Alter Swastika Headstones in VA National CemeteriesHOUSE
05/12/20 - DOJ: Former VA Doctor Indicted on 7 Civil Rights Counts (Allegations; Presumed Innocent)DOJ
05/12/20 - WTOP: VA Pushes Back Against Criticism for Use of Controversial DrugNEWS
05/07/20 - Fox News: VA Secretary Says Democratic Senators Are 'Looking for a Scapegoat' for Deaths in State-Run FacilitiesNEWS
05/06/20 - Townhall (Opinion): House Speaker Accused of Endangering Veterans by Keeping the House Out of SessionNEWS
04/30/20 - VA Says Veteran Trust in VA Health Care Topped 90% for the First TimeVA
04/29/20 - OIG: Milwaukee VA Imaging Service Found Radiology Report Manipulation and Leadership Failures; 8 RecommendationsOIG
04/27/20 - Washington Examiner (Op-Ed): The President and VeteransNEWS
04/21/20 - FOX 10 Phoenix: Nurse Salutes Fellow Veteran Who Died From COVID-19 at Manatee Memorial HospitalNEWS
04/20/20 - Coronavirus Response and Veterans: Political Debate (Bing News Search Link; No Single Source)NEWS
04/16/20 - Yahoo News: VA Gets New Acting No. 2 Official After Predecessor's FiringNEWS
04/09/20 - Item Pending Verification: Whistleblower Harassment Report (Name Withheld; No Source Linked)PENDING
04/02/20 - WHSV: Former VA Doctor in West Virginia Accused of Incapacitating and Molesting Patient (Allegations)NEWS
03/23/20 - Deficient Staffing and Competencies in Sterile Processing Services at the VA Black Hills Healthcare System, Fort Meade Campus, South DakotaOIG
2/4/20 - Concern Regarding a Patient Death and Alleged Conflicts of Interest at the VA Western Colorado Health Care System, Grand JunctionOIG
01/01/20 - The Star (Florida, Archived): Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act Claims Now Being DeterminedNEWS
07/17/18 - OIG: VA Ordered an Estimated 19,800 Unwarranted Disability Reexams Nationwide, About $100.6M Over 5 YearsOIG
12/15/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
12/15/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
12/14/19 - Fox News Video: 'New Audit Details Major Issues at the Department of Veterans Affairs'NEWS
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/11/19 - Archived VA Headlines (oawp.org) Entry: Name Withheld Pending an Official SourceARCHIVE
11/5/19 - Military.com: 'The VA Office Created to Protect Whistleblowers Is a Sham...'NEWS
11/4/19 - MeriTalk: VA Looking at Robotic Process Automation for ContractingNEWS
10/30/19 - OIG: Taxpayers Paid an Estimated $602M More Government-Wide Over Two Years Under Supply-Schedule Drug Price PracticeOIG
10/30/19 - "Lawmakers have ‘no confidence’ in VA’s whistleblower protection office"NEWS
10/29/19 - Government Executive: After Scathing Report, VA Faces Criticism for Not Improving Whistleblower Protection Office More QuicklyNEWS
10/28/19 - Washington Post: Federal Employee Union President Takes Leave Amid Investigation (Allegations)NEWS
10/28/19 - Government Executive: OPM Tells Agencies to Press Forward With Efforts to Limit Federal UnionsNEWS
10/24/19 - OIG: VA's Whistleblower Protection Office (OAWP) Fell Short in Implementing the 2017 Accountability Act; 22 RecommendationsOIG
10/21/19 - The deaths from the second half of 2017 through July 2018, at Clarksburg VA Medical Center, initially found to be of natural causes, are now being investigated as Homicides.NEWS
10/20/19 - News and Sentinel (Editorial): Cutting VA's Budget May Wake Them UpNEWS
10/18/19 - Veterans Personal Info Mishandled by the department of Veterans’ affairsNEWS
10/18/19 - Army Times: Former VA Secretary Details Dysfunction and Chaos Within the AdministrationNEWS
10/17/19 - News and Sentinel (Archived): Lawsuit Says Person of Interest in Clarksburg VA Deaths Was Not Certified (Allegations)NEWS
10/15/19 - Federal Times: VA Fails at Workforce Planning Due to Leadership TurnoverNEWS
10/10/19 - GAO: VA, VHA and VBA Have Not Fully Adopted Succession-Planning Practices for Senior LeadersGAO
10/14/19 - Washington Times: Executive Orders Curtail Union Business on Taxpayer TimeNEWS
10/11/19 - CBS Pittsburgh: Person of Interest in Suspicious Deaths at West Virginia VA Hospital Reportedly IdentifiedNEWS
10/11/19 - Yahoo News: Congress Sparks Veterans' Ire With Mortgage Fee HikeNEWS
10/10/19 - Ex-Marine sues 3M for selling defective earplugs to militaryNEWS
02/28/19 - GAO: VA Hospitals Sometimes Overlooked Providers' Adverse-Action Records When Hiring; 57 Providers Reviewed, 7 RecommendationsGAO
10/7/19 - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers failed to perform opioid checks prior to prescription to VeteransNEWS
10/5/19 - Washington Post: Inside the Investigation Into Suspicious Insulin Deaths at a West Virginia VA HospitalNEWS
10/5/19 - Military Times: More Concerns Over Whistleblower Protections at VANEWS
10/4/19 - Marine Corps Times: Defense Department to Tighten Data Security After Settlement With Veterans GroupNEWS
10/1/19 - Military.com: Will VA Really Share Your Personal Medical Info Without Permission?NEWS
09/29/19 - Albuquerque VA Regional Office Whistleblower Retaliation Concern (No Source Linked; Pending Verification)PENDING
9/27/19 - Presidential Proclamation: Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, 2019WH
9/26/19 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: VA Doctor Charged With Manslaughter to Stay in Jail (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
9/26/19 - THV11: Silver Alert Issued for Man Missing From Arkansas VA HospitalNEWS
9/26/19 - Military.com: VA Misses Deadline for Expanding Caregiver Program, Sets New TargetNEWS
9/26/19 - Military Times: Lawmaker Demands Overhaul of VA Anti-Harassment Policies After Staffer Reports Assault at Veterans HospitalNEWS
9/25/19 - The Hill: Veterans Groups Urge VA to Follow Through on ReformsNEWS
9/25/19 - Department of Veterans’ affairs Employee pleads Guilty to taking Bribes (16 counts)NEWS
9/25/19 - VA hospital worker offered to sell the personal data of (Veterans, their dependents and employees) for $100,000, pleads guilty.NEWS
9/23/19 - OIG: VA Clinicians Did Not Check State Drug-Monitoring Databases for 567,000 of 779,000 Patients Prescribed Opioids (73%)OIG
9/23/19 - OIG: New Mexico VA Gastroenterology Review: Endoscope Precleaning Allegations Not Substantiated; 13 RecommendationsOIG
9/23/19 - Montgomery Advertiser: Montgomery VA Leadership Changes, National Review PendingNEWS
9/23/19 - Veteran exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune suffers skin lesions, loses legs and teethNEWS
9/21/19 - Montgomery Advertiser: Central Alabama VA Leadership Review (Same Report as Above)NEWS
9/21/19 - USA Today: What We Know About Veterans Who Died at the Clarksburg VA Medical CenterNEWS
9/20/19 - Daily Caller: VA Whistleblower Protection Office Accused of Keeping a 'Hit List' (Allegations)NEWS
9/20/19 - Veterans Affairs 'Should be Begging' for Oversight, Lawmakers Say as They Fight Congressional Office EvictionsNEWS
09/19/19 - OIG: Boston VA Regional Office Supervisor Incorrectly Processed 33 of 55 Sampled Work Items; About $117,300 ImproperOIG
9/20/19 - MyNorthwest (Archived): Fourth Patient Named in Probe of West Virginia Veterans Hospital DeathsNEWS
9/19/19 - OIG: Care Deficiencies May Have Contributed to a Veteran's Death on Philadelphia VA Behavioral Health Unit; Issue Brief InaccurateOIG
9/19/19 - OIG: Philadelphia VA Issue Brief Inaccurate and Root Cause Analysis Noncompliant After Unit 7E Patient DeathOIG
09/10/19 - Former Union Local Treasurer Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzling at Least $82,000 in Union FundsDOJ
9/18/19 - ABC News: Former Nurse Charged With Allegedly Stealing Morphine From Dying Veterans (Charges Are Allegations)NEWS
9/17/19 - NBER Working Paper w26264: VA Opioid Prescribing and Veteran Overdose RatesNEWS
9/17/19 - Washington Post: Ant Infestation Report Pushes VA to Make ChangesNEWS
9/17/19 - The Hill: Lawmaker Seeks Answers on Alleged Retaliation at VANEWS
9/17/19 - OIG: Sole-Source Contracting at VA Regional Procurement Office East Needs Improvement; $14.2M Awarded Without Required ApprovalOIG
9/16/19 - Washington Post: How VA Failed to Stop a Pathologist Who Misdiagnosed CasesNEWS
9/15/19 - YouTube Video: Exchange Between a Veteran Seeking Care and a Former House VA Committee Member Running for PresidentNEWS
9/14/19 - Newsweek: VA Moves Lawmakers' Offices Out of VA Facilities, Sparking CriticismNEWS
9/13/19 - WSB-TV: Woman Says Her Father Was Bitten by Ants Before His Death at a VA Medical CenterNEWS
9/12/19 - OIG: Security Risk Level Set Too Low for VA's Beneficiary Fiduciary Field System; 4 RecommendationsOIG
9/12/19 - NBC News Video: VA May Have to Pay Billions in Reimbursements for Veterans' BillsNEWS
9/11/19 - Veteran spends 5 years overturning an ‘error of complacency’ within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran’s Benefits AdministrationNEWS
9/11/19 - OIG Report 17-04966-201: VBA Unwarranted Medical Reexaminations for Disability BenefitsOIG
9/11/19 - CBS Baltimore: Former Maryland Union Treasurer Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzling $82KNEWS
9/11/19 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Silver Alert Issued for Veteran Last Seen at Milwaukee VA HospitalNEWS
9/10/19 - Lawmaker blasts VA for 'second chance' given to VA doctor found drunk on the jobNEWS
9/10/19 - USA Today: Clarksburg VA Hospital Insulin Deaths Draw More ScrutinyNEWS
9/9/19 - Congress has only three weeks to avert another government shutdownNEWS
9/9/19 - Omaha VA Employee sentenced for viewing coworkers’ VA Medical RecordsNEWS
9/6/19 - The Veteran Suicide Crises and it’s HistoryNEWS
9/6/19 - Whistleblower says lab delays could've hurt patients at Memphis VA Medical CenterNEWS
08/28/19 - OIG: Gulf Coast VA (Biloxi) Leaders' Oversight of a Former Surgeon; Concerns Confirmed for 2 of 5 Patients, 18 RecommendationsOIG
7/22/19 - Albuquerque Journal (Archived Op-Ed): Call for Urgent Veterans Affairs ReformNEWS
4/16/19 - Government Executive: New VA Whistleblower Protection Office Under Investigation for Retaliating Against WhistleblowersNEWS
07/17/18 - OIG: VA Ordered an Estimated 19,800 Unwarranted Disability Reexams Nationwide, About $100.6M Over 5 Years (Report 17-04966-201)OIG
- Item Pending Verification (Name Withheld; No Source Linked)PENDING
