What GAO Found About VA Community Care and Caregiver Support Related to the Dole Act

Sharon Silas, director of health care at the Government Accountability Office, testified on the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care and caregiver programs before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Our testimony is based primarily on the following reports, as well as ongoing work: Veterans Community Care Program: Improvements Needed to Help Ensure Timely Access to Care Veterans Health Care: Referral Coordination Initiative for Specialty Care Needs Improved Program Direction and Guidance Veterans Health Care: Better Communication Needed to Integrate Management of Medical Facility and Community-Based Care VA still needs to address our previous recommendations.