VA and DOD Health Care: Opportunities to Maximize Resource Sharing Remain

Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 required that the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DOD) implement programs referred to as the Joint Incentive Fund (JIF) and the Demonstration Site Selection(DSS) to increase health care resource sharing between the departments. The act requires GAO to report on (1) VAs and DODs progress in implementing the programs. GAO also agreed with the committees of jurisdiction to report on (2) the actions taken by VA and DOD to strengthen resource sharing and opportunities to improve upon those actions and(3) whether VA and DOD performance measures are useful for evaluating progress toward achieving health care resource sharing goals

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
AD1157152

Entities

People

  • Laurie Ekstrand

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Air Force Facilities
  • Congress
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drug Therapy
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Magnetic Resonance
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  • Medical Personnel
  • Physicians
  • Site Selection
  • United States Government

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