VA/DOD Health Care: More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-Funded Sharing Agreements
Abstract
By its enactment of Public Law 97-174 in 1982, the Congress authorized and encouraged the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into resource-sharing agreements to exchange hospital and other services. As of the end of fiscal year 1993, 332 military and VA hospitals, using hospital operating funds, had entered into about 600 agreements representing about 3,500 shared services. To improve efficiency and access to care in the DOD and VA health care systems, the Congress also enacted additional legislation in 1989 and 1992. This legislation authorizes the use of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) funds to reimburse the VA for providing health care services to CHAMPUS beneficiaries. It also authorizes VA to treat all categories of CHAMPUS beneficiaries.1 This report responds to your request that we determine the extent to which CHAMPUS funds are being used for health care resource-sharing agreements both inside and outside catchment areas.2
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 28, 1994
- Accession Number
- AD1186155
Entities
People
- David P. Baine
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office