Download or read book Health Care Spending and Efficiency in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs written by David I. Auerbach and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 2013 budget request, the Obama administration sought $140 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 54 percent of which would provide mandatory benefits, such as direct compensation and pensions, and 40 percent of which is discretionary spending, earmarked for medical benefits under the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Unlike Medicare, which provides financing for care when its beneficiaries use providers throughout the U.S. health care system, the VHA is a government-run, parallel system that is primarily intended for care provision of veterans. The VHA hires its own doctors and has its own hospital network infrastructure. Although the VHA provides quality services to veterans, it does not preclude veterans from utilizing other forms of care outside of the VHA network, in fact, the majority of veterans' care is received external to the VHA because of location and other system limitations. Veterans typically use other private and public health insurance coverage (for example, Medicare, Medicaid) for external care, and many use both systems in a given year (dual use). Overlapping system use creates the potential for duplicative, uncoordinated, and inefficient use. The authors find some suggestive evidence of such inefficient use, particularly in the area of inpatient care. Coordination management and quality of care received by veterans across both VHA and private sector systems can be optimized (for example, in the area of mental illness, which benefits from an integrated approach across multiple providers and sectors), capitalizing on the best that each system has to offer, without increasing costs.
Download or read book Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health Administration written by Allison Percy and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And introduction -- The health care system for veterans -- Quality improvements within VHA -- Appendix A: VistA outside the Veterans Health Administration -- Appendix B: Comparing the cost of care from the Veterans Health Administration and alternative sources -- Appendix C: The LinKS dashboard.
Download or read book Future of the Veterans Health Administration written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Potential Costs of Veterans Health Care written by Heidi L. W. Golding and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report--which was mandated by section 104 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161)--examines prospective demands on VA's health care system and the potential budgetary implications of meeting veterans' health care needs over the 2011-2020 period. CBO projects the potential costs to treat all veterans enrolled in VA's health care system and also, separately, projects the potential costs to treat veterans returning from the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and related activities."--Preface.
Download or read book VA Health Care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Affairs Limited Support for Reported Health Care Management Efficiency Savings written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Potential Costs of Veterans Health Care written by Heidi Golding and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The VA is operating its medical care system and associated research program with a budget of $48 billion for 2010, a rise of 8% in nominal terms from 2009. In nominal terms, that budget grew at an average rate exceeding 9% annually between 2004 and 2009. VA¿s health care budget will face continued pressure over the next few years. This report examines prospective demands on VA¿s health care system and the potential budgetary implications of meeting veterans¿ health care needs over the 2011¿2020 period. The report projects the potential costs to treat all veterans enrolled in VA¿s health care system and also, separately, projects the potential costs to treat veterans returning from military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other areas.
Download or read book Veterans Health Care Budget Estimate Changes Were Made in Developing the President s Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 required this report on whether the amounts for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs' (VA) health care services in the President's budget request are consistent with VA's budget estimates as projected by the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model (EHCPM) and other methodologies. Based on the information VA provided, this report describes: (1) the key changes VA identified that were made to its budget estimate to develop the President's budget request for fiscal years 2012 and 2013; and (2) how various sources of funding for VA health care and other factors informed the President's budget request for fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand reort.
Download or read book VA Health Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veteran s Health Care written by Claude Da Costa and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), operates the nation's largest integrated direct health care delivery system, provides care to more than 5.5 million unique veteran patients, and employs more than 258,000 full-time equivalent employees. While Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are also publicly funded programs, most health care services under these programs are delivered by private providers in private facilities. In contrast, the VA health care system could be categorized as a veteran-specific national health care system, in the sense that the federal government owns the medical facilities and employs the health care providers. This book provides an analysis of veterans health care with a focus on frequently asked questions; basic eligibility for veterans' benefits; health care for survivors and dependents of veterans; FY2013 appropriations; and weaknesses in policies and oversight governing medical supplies.
Download or read book Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Download or read book Veterans Health Care written by David P. Baine and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Budget Modeling and Methodologies written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Health Care written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funding for VA health care is determined by Congress in the annual appropriations process. Prior to this process, VA develops a budget estimate of the resources needed to provide health care services to eligible veterans. The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 requires an assessment of whether the funding requested for VA health care in the President's budget requests submitted to Congress in 2011, 2012, and 2013 is consistent with VA's estimates of the resources needed to provide health care services. This report describes: (1) how the VA develops its health care budget estimate; and (2) how VA's health care budget estimate is used in the President's budget request to Congress. Illus. A print on demand report.
Download or read book The U S Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2008 Health Budget written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Download or read book VA Health Care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Health Administration Contracting and Procurement Practices written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
