Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issue Area Plan--Fiscal Years
1997-98 (Letter Report, 10/01/96, GAO/IAP-96-23).

GAO provided information on its Veterans' Affairs and Military Health
Care issue area plan for fiscal years 1997 through 1998.

GAO plans to identify: (1) more effective management controls to
minimize fraud, waste, and abuse in Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA)
and Department of Defense (DOD) health care systems; (2) ways to improve
services to veterans and military dependents; (3) options for
restructuring VA and DOD service delivery systems; and (4) lessons
learned from DOD managed care experiences.

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 REPORTNUM:  IAP-96-23
     TITLE:  Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issue Area 
             Plan--Fiscal Years 1997-98
      DATE:  10/01/96
   SUBJECT:  Veterans benefits
             Health care services
             Military personnel
             Veterans hospitals
             Veterans disability compensation
             Veterans pensions
             Health services administration
             Health care cost control
             Managed health care
             Quality assurance
IDENTIFIER:  Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed 
             Services
             CHAMPUS
             DOD Military Health Services System
             DOD TRICARE Program
             VA Veterans Integrated Service Network