Information Technology: Health Care Financing Administration's Budget Process Needs Improvement
Abstract
The GAOs review of HCFA's Information Technology Systems' $73.6 million budget request for fiscal year 1990 showed that it included a $22 million cost estimate, which may not be fully supported. These funds are for a project to increase storage capacity and processing capability for HCFA headquarters to implement the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. HCFA officials noted that the closeness of the budget deadlines to the passage of the Act did not enable them to fully justify the ADP costs for this initiative. As a result, they were unable to precisely estimate the cost. Also, the budget request included $13.1 million in funding for another HCFA headquarters computer improvement program, which was to be completed in fiscal year 1990. Subsequent to preparing and submitting this request, HCFA projected an additional $7.2 million in funding for fiscal years 1991 and 1992 to complete this program. The remainder of HCFA's request consisted primarily of operations and maintenance funds and was not included in our review.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 11, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA211286
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office