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Inspector General Open Recommendations
05/16/2024
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Commercial Reservoir Land Use Agreements
[Report Details]
Audit
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Open Recommendations
2
We recommend the Vice President, Environment and Sustainability develop specific guidance for the threshold at which the Tennessee Valley Authority should request additional security assurance amounts from operators.
1
We recommend the Vice President, Environment and Sustainability, develop specific guidance for Natural Resources representatives that includes a timeline and specific steps representatives should follow when an operator is not providing required gross revenues documentation. Consider developing standardized letters or notifications that can be sent to the operators that include the contract language and ramifications of noncompliance.
05/16/2024
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Quality Management of the Colbert Combustion Turbine Expansion Project
[Report Details]
Inspection / Evaluation
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Open Recommendations
1
We recommend the Senior Vice President, Generation Projects and Fleet Services, implement a process to determine the appropriate level of Original Equipment Manufacturer oversight needed for future projects.
05/15/2024
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Railroad Retirement Board
The Railroad Retirement Board Should Strengthen Controls and Contractor Oversight of the Medical Opinion and Disability Determination Process
[Report Details]
Audit
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Open Recommendations
13
The Office of Programs should develop additional controls to ensure that the medical services contractor regularly submits the six required timeliness reports in accordance with their contract requirements.
12
The Office of Programs should develop an internal control, replacing internal control number 14-3 from the Office of Administration’s Chart of Controls in the Disability Benefits Division’s Chart of Controls, to ensure that the medical licenses, insurance, and annual training certifications are reviewed on a timely basis.
11
The Office of Programs should work with Acquisition Management to modify the language in Contract 1, dated December 1, 2020, to require that the medical services contractor submit medical licenses, insurance, and annual training certifications on an annual basis.
10
The Office of Programs should work with Acquisition Management to include language in the next medical services contract requiring that if consultation sessions with the consultants occur online, payments are in 30-minute increments in which consultation occurs, instead of the entire 4-hour window.
9
The Office of Programs should work with Office of Administration to revise the approval process in the Disability Claims Manual so that claims examiners do not approve payment for medical opinions and develop a new process for the Contracting Officer’s Representative or the Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representatives to review and approve payment for medical opinions.
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The Office of Programs should work with Office of Administration to determine if additional Contracting Officer’s Representatives are required to ensure proper contractual and technical oversight and monitoring of the medical opinions contract.
7
The Office of Programs should review the 11 incomplete medical opinions to determine if the missing information from the medical opinion would change the disability determination and expand the review of medical opinions if disability determinations are found to be impacted.
6
The Office of Programs should work with the RRB’s Executive Committee to retrain applicable employees regarding the medical opinion approval process and document retention requirements to ensure the evaluation of medical opinions follows RRB’s internal controls.
4
The Office of Programs should retrain the examiners to sign each medical opinion they review and ensure that current medical evidence is included.
3
The Office of Programs should create controls that require the Contracting Officer’s Representative to sample medical opinions and review them for acceptability on a routine basis.
2
The Office of Programs should require a secondary authorizer to review each medical opinion.
5
The Office of Programs should work with the RRB’s Executive Committee to determine which RRB employees should be provided annual training regarding the review and acceptance of medical opinions to ensure RRB’s internal controls for the usage of medical opinions in the disability determination process are designed and operating effectively.
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The Office of Programs should create a cover sheet with a checklist that allows the Contracting Officer’s Representative to verify that the following requirements have been met: The claims examiner signed and dated form G-137 SUP, via a written/electronic signature or a “sticky note;” and Current medical evidence is included in each medical opinion.
05/15/2024
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Roseburg VA Health Care System in Oregon
[Report Details]
Inspection / Evaluation
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Open Recommendations
12
The Chief of Staff ensures the suicide prevention coordinators conduct, track, and report a minimum of five suicide prevention outreach activities each month.
11
The Chief of Staff ensures clinical staff notify the suicide prevention team when patients report suicidal behaviors during the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation.
10
The Chief of Staff ensures designated staff complete the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation the same calendar day, when logistically feasible and clinically appropriate, for all ambulatory care patients with a positive suicide risk screen.
09
The Executive Director ensures staff test panic alarms in the Acute Psychiatric Unit and document VA police response times.
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