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The Office of Inspector General ( OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for oversight of the United States Department of Health and Human Service 's approximately $2.4 trillion portfolio of programs. Approximately 1,650 auditors, investigators, and evaluators, supplemented by staff with ...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014 ( S. 2258) is a bill that would, beginning on December 1, 2014, increase the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses ...
Contact your local VA health facility to request a screening or ask for one at your next VA health appointment. To reach your local facility, you can call the main VA number (800-698-2411) and get ...
Compensation awards. As of May 2023, nearly $4.6 billion in compensation and $450 million in attorneys’ fees have been awarded. The following table shows the awards by main classes of vaccines made to victims in the years 2006-2017. This shows that on average 1.2 awards were made per million vaccine doses.
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 ( H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text) (PDF) ), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014. The law expanded the number of options veterans have ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation of ...
Veterans' benefits. The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides a wide variety of benefits, [1] e.g., educational assistance (GI Bill), healthcare, assisted living, [2] home loans, insurance, and burial and memorial services, for retired or separated United States armed forces personnel, their dependents, and survivors. [3]