VA Hospital Care:
A Comparison of VA and HCFA Methods for Analyzing Patient Outcomes
PEMD-88-29: Published: Jun 30, 1988. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the Veterans Administration's (VA) methodology for analyzing its hospitals' mortality rates with the approach the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) used to analyze the mortality rates of hospitals treating Medicare patients.
GAO found that VA modeled its approach after the method HCFA used in its 1987 analyses, although VA: (1) relied on its own internal data to obtain information about inpatient deaths; (2) modified the number of diagnostic categories in the analyses; (3) added four more risk factors for its regression analysis; (4) made adjustments for two variables which could mask some differences in quality of care across hospitals; (5) employed a simpler and more well-known system for setting confidence methods; and (6) planned validation efforts in conjunction with the initial development of its approach.
Feb 11, 2021
Electronic Health Records:
VA Has Made Progress in Preparing for New System, but Subsequent Test Findings Will Need to Be AddressedGAO-21-224: Published: Feb 11, 2021. Publicly Released: Feb 11, 2021.
Feb 1, 2021
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Veterans Community Care Program:
Immediate Actions Needed to Ensure Health Providers Associated with Poor Quality Care Are ExcludedGAO-21-71: Published: Feb 1, 2021. Publicly Released: Feb 1, 2021.
Jan 14, 2021
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Prescription Drugs:
Department of Veterans Affairs Paid About Half as Much as Medicare Part D for Selected Drugs in 2017GAO-21-111: Published: Dec 15, 2020. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2021.
Dec 10, 2020
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VA Construction:
VA Should Enhance the Lessons-Learned Process for Its Real-Property Donation Pilot ProgramGAO-21-133: Published: Dec 10, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2020.
Dec 9, 2020
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VA Disability Benefits:
Process for Identifying Conditions Presumed to be Service Connected and Challenges in Processing Complex Gulf War Illness ClaimsGAO-21-253T: Published: Dec 9, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 9, 2020.
Nov 12, 2020
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Veterans Health Care:
Agency Efforts to Provide and Study Prosthetics for Small but Growing Female Veteran PopulationGAO-21-60: Published: Nov 12, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2020.
Sep 30, 2020
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VA Health Care:
Additional Steps Could Help Improve Community Care Budget EstimatesGAO-20-669: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020. -
Veterans Community Care Program:
Improvements Needed to Help Ensure Timely Access to CareGAO-20-721T: Published: Sep 30, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2020.
Sep 28, 2020
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Veterans Community Care Program:
Improvements Needed to Help Ensure Timely Access to CareGAO-20-643: Published: Sep 28, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2020.
Sep 21, 2020
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VA Disability Benefits:
VA Should Continue to Improve Access to Quality Disability Medical Exams for Veterans Living AbroadGAO-20-620: Published: Sep 21, 2020. Publicly Released: Sep 21, 2020.
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