AUDIT OF VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION'S (VBA) INCOME VERIFICATION MATCH (IVM) RESULTS, REPORT NO

AUDIT OF VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION’S (VBA) INCOME VERIFICATION MATCH (IVM) RESULTS VBA’s IVM results can be enhanced with better use of staff resources, increased recovery of beneficiary overpayments, and referral of program fraud cases to the Office of Inspector General. Report No.: 99-00054-1 Date: November 8, 2000 Memorandum to the Under Secretary for Benefits (20) Audit of Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) Income Verification Match (IVM) Results 1. The purpose of the audit was to review the effectiveness of VBA’s IVM in completing required benefit payment adjustments and identification of program fraud. The audit focused on: (a) assessing VBA’s efforts to complete IVM case review work and required benefit payment adjustments, (b) following-up on VBA implementation of recommendations from a prior Office of Inspector General (OIG) review “Audit of Rejected Records from the Social Security Administration (SSA)” to assess the impact of unmatched records on the Department’s ability to verify income reported by beneficiaries and identify potential fraud, and (c) identifying opportunities to enhance the overall effectiveness and efficiency of VBA’s matching effort. 2. The IVM provides the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with a tool to help ensure the integrity of beneficiary payments to individuals who receive VA benefits based on their annual income. The IVM ...