Acquisition: Direct Care Medical Services Contracts
Abstract
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics is the adviser to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the DoD acquisition system and to procurement. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) exercises authority, direction, and control over the facilities, funding, personnel, programs, and other medical resources within DoD. TRICARE is a regionally managed health care program for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services, their families, and survivors. TRICARE bring together the health care resources of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force and supplements them with purchased care contracts that provide direct health care through health care institutions and individual providers in the civilian community. To help fill needs that cannot be satisfied through military treatment facilities or through purchased care contracts under TRICARE, the Military Departments issue direct care medical services contracts to augment the military and civilian staffs. In 2002, DoD spent about $875 million to acquire medical services through direct care medical services contracts, excluding information technology contracts. We reviewed 125 of those contracts, valued at approximately $73 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA432855
Entities
People
- Dawn Borum
- Elizabeth L. Shifflett
- Eva M. Zahn
- John S. Epps
- Lynnell E. Whitehead
- Michael A. Joseph
- Robin Parrish
- Scott J. Grady
- Shelton R. Young
- William F. Lanyi
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense