DOGE cuts created medical record coding backlog at Reno VA, inspector general report finds

By: Matthew Mondschein

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 495

Last Updated: 15 hours, 37 minutes ago

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Concerns about workforce reductions, a hiring freeze and significant organization changes that resulted from presidential actions, such as executive orders and memorandums, were “system shocks” that disrupted healthcare operations at the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care system in Reno, according to a Veterans Affairs independent oversight agency.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) physically inspected the Sierra Nevada VA in June 2025. The findings, published on Feb. 12., …

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