Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Business Plan's Implementation Is Unlikely to Achieve Expected Financial Benefits and Could Reduce Civilian Role

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 47 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-615 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615 P0b002ee18037de12 f:d05615 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615 GAO-05-615 Base closures Base realignments Health care services Internal controls Strategic planning Financial analysis Financial management Business operations Business planning Deceptive business practices Other Written Product A28620 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Business Plan's Implementation Is Unlikely to Achieve Expected Financial Benefits and Could Reduce Civilian Role DOD has raised concerns about certain business practices of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), including its role in civilian medicine. In response, AFIP implemented changes and drafted a business plan. On May 13, 2005, DOD recommended closing AFIP as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process. The Senate Committee on Armed Services, in a report accompanying the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, directed that GAO study AFIP's business plan. GAO (1) described the business plan's key initiatives and projected financial benefits, (2) evaluated the business plan's potential to improve internal controls and achieve financial benefits, and (3) assessed the likely impact of the business plan on the role of AFIP in military and civilian medicine. GAO reviewed the major assumptions and analyses for developing the plan and interviewed AFIP and DOD officials, and members of the civilian medical community. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615.pdf GAO-05-615 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-615 Other Written Product GAO-05-615; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: Business Plan's Implementation Is Unlikely to Achieve Expected Financial Benefits and Could Reduce Civilian Role; Base closures Base realignments Health care services Internal controls Strategic planning Financial analysis Financial management Business operations Business planning Deceptive business practices United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Page 923 90 Stat. 923