United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-10-28 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-95-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15 P0b002ee18037f41f f:he95015 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15 HEHS-95-15 Health care costs Health resources utilization Interagency relations Military hospitals Veterans hospitals Health care planning Health care cost control Health services administration Cost sharing (finance) Beneficiaries Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services CHAMPUS CHAMPUS Reform Initiative DOD TRICARE Program VA/DOD Health Care Resources Sharing Program Letter Report HEHS Congress has encouraged the Defense Department (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into resource-sharing agreements to exchange hospital and other services. At the end of fiscal year 1993, 332 military and VA hospitals, using hospital operating funds, have entered into about 600 agreements representing 3,500 shared services. To improve efficiency and access to care in the DOD and VA health care system, Congress passed legislation in 1989 and 1992 authorizing the use of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) funds to reimburse VA for providing health care services to CHAMPUS beneficiaries. It also authorizes VA to treat all categories of CHAMPUS beneficiaries. This report determines the extent to which CHAMPUS funds are being used for health care resource-sharing agreements both inside and outside catchment areas--generally a 40-mile radius around a military treatment facility. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15.pdf GAO/HEHS-95-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-15 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-95-15; VA/DOD Health Care: More Guidance Needed to Implement CHAMPUS-Funded Sharing Agreements; Health care costs Health resources utilization Interagency relations Military hospitals Veterans hospitals Health care planning Health care cost control Health services administration Cost sharing (finance) Beneficiaries Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services CHAMPUS CHAMPUS Reform Initiative DOD TRICARE Program VA/DOD Health Care Resources Sharing Program Public Law 97-174