Third Party Collection Program.
Abstract
The audit was requested by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Services Operations and Readiness). United States Code, title 10, section 1095, allows DoD to collect from health insurance plans the health care costs incurred on behalf of insured military retirees and military dependents. The statute allows medical treatment facilities to collect from an insurance company (including an automobile liability insurance or no fault insurance carrier), a medical service, or health plan the reasonable costs of care incurred at a medical treatment facility to the extent that the insurer would pay if the services were provided at a civilian hospital. The program, designed to collect from third party payers, is known as the Third Party Collection Program (the Program). As of March 31, 1995, the Military Departments collected about $91.8 million of the $218.6 million billed by their 103 medical treatment facilities for FY 1994 inpatient admissions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 07, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA371155
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense