VA · VA-24-2307 · record R2217
Audit Service Connection Designations Associated with Prescriptions
Department of Veterans Affairs · VHA: Veterans Health Administration
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- Not reported
- Withheld from public reporting
- Not reported
Mission
- Topic area
- Administrative Functions
- Operational functions
- Fraud, waste and improper payments Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Reduce waste or fraud. The model predicts the service connection flag associated with prescriptions. It uses drug information, and service connected disabilities.
Expected benefits
Cost savings, increased efficiency, and increased revenue.
System outputs
The model predicts the service connection flag associated with prescriptions. It uses drug information, and service connected disabilities. The outputs are binary – Yes/No.
Technology
- AI classification
- Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- h2o.ai ↗
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources
- Vendor (as reported)
- Not reported
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- Not reported
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- Not reported
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- Not reported
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported