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 2004-11-10 monographic deposited born digital 40 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65 P0b002ee1803949ce f:d0565 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65 GAO-05-65 Health care personnel Health care services Nursing homes Veterans benefits Veterans hospitals Health care costs Health statistics Statistical data Work measurement Other Written Product A13433 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates a $2.3 billion nursing home program that provides or pays for veterans' care in three settings: VA nursing homes, community nursing homes, and state veterans' nursing homes. The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Millennium Act) of 1999 and VA policy require that VA provide nursing home care to veterans with a certain eligibility. Congress has expressed a need for additional data to conduct oversight of VA's nursing home program. Specifically, for all VA nursing home settings in fiscal year 2003, GAO was asked to report on (1) VA spending to provide or pay for nursing home care, (2) VA workload provided or paid for, (3) the percentage of nursing home care that is long and short stay, and (4) the percentage of veterans receiving care required by the Millennium Act or VA policy. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65.pdf GAO-05-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-65 Other Written Product GAO-05-65; VA Long-Term Care: Oversight of Nursing Home Program Impeded by Data Gaps; Health care personnel Health care services Nursing homes Veterans benefits Veterans hospitals Health care costs Health statistics Statistical data Work measurement Volume 113 Page 1545 113 Stat. 1545 Volume 117 Page 2042 117 Stat. 2042 Public Law 108-170