[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16150-16151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8121]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


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 is scheduled to take 
place on Wednesday, April 10, 2002, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending 
at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in Salon A or B, the Four Seasons 
Hotel, 2400 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, and is open to 
the general public.
    The purpose of the Task Force 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 for benefits 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 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

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systems, procurement of supplies, equipment and services, and delivery 
of care.
    As the Task Force work groups continue to obtain current and 
updated information and to validate and/or clarify that information, 
the work groups will make presentations on their related topics to the 
members. The work groups include benefit services, acquisition and 
procurement, facilities, information management and information 
technology, leadership and productivity, pharmaceuticals, and resource 
and budgeting process.
    Interested parties can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon, 
Communications Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care 
Delivery to Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22209.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: March 27, 2002.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-8121 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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