Military Health Care: Savings to CHAMPUS From Using a Prospective Payment System
HRD-90-136FS
Published: Jul 13, 1990. Publicly Released: Jul 13, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) whether the prospective payment system used by the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) was achieving its goal of saving money; and (2) the extent to which CHAMPUS was reimbursing hospitals in excess of the amounts that they billed CHAMPUS.
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Billing proceduresDefense cost controlEmployee medical benefitsHealth care cost controlHospital care servicesMedical expense claimsMilitary personnelOverpaymentsDiagnosis related groupsVeterans hospitals