[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6104]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA)


President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our 
Nation's Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the President's Task Force to Improve 
Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans scheduled to take place 
on Wednesday, March 13, 2002, beginning at 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. 
The meeting will be held in the Horizon Ballroom, the Ronald Reagan 
Building International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, and is open to the public.
    The purpose of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is to:
    (a) Identify ways to improve benefits and services for Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries and for Department of Defense 
(DoD) military retirees who are also eligible from VA, through better 
coordination of the activities of the two departments;
    (b) Review barriers and challenges that impede VA and DoD 
coordination, including budgeting processes, timely billing, cost 
accounting, information technology, and reimbursement. Identify 
opportunities to improve such business practices to ensure high quality 
and cost effective health care; and
    (c) Identify opportunities for improved resource utilization 
through partnership between VA and DoD to maximize the use of resources 
and infrastructure, including: buildings, information technology and 
data sharing systems, procurement of supplies, equipment and services, 
and delivery of care.
    During this meeting, the Task Force work groups will continue to 
obtain current and updated information and to validate and/or clarify 
that information. The work groups will make presentations on the 
various topics to the members.
    Interested parties can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon, 
Communications Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22209.

    Dated: March 5, 2002.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-6104 Filed 3-13-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-M