A Test Program to Reduce CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services)
Abstract
The problem is to test a proposal for reducing CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services) cost for outpatient care within the vicinity of Silas B. Hays Army Community Hospital by optimizing (in the grammatical sense, not the statistical) the use of currently present outpatient treatment capabilities, and when not available, utilizing a Certificate of Nonavailability for those services. In addition, part of the problem is to evaluate the test program for its efficacy for possible adoption throughout the Army and possibly the entire Uniformed Services health system. Inherent in this broad problem statement are elements of tangential issues such as patient information, patient satisfaction, workload capacity, program design and administration, data assembly and analysis, and resolution of human behavioral negativism intrinsic to beneficiaries, practitioners, clerical personnel and others affected by the change such as active duty sponsors and civilian clinicians.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA202852
Entities
People
- George S. Robinson
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences