VA Health Reform

• GAO. VA Health Care: Challenges in Budget Formulation and Issues Surrounding the Proposal for Advance Appropriations. GAO-09-664T, April 29, 2009. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 14 pages)]
• GAO. Recovering Servicemembers: DOD and VA Have Made Progress to Jointly Develop Required Policies but Additional Challenges Remain. GAO-09-540T, April 29, 2009. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 35 pages)].
• GAO. VA Health Care: Challenges in Budget Formulation and Execution. GAO-09-459T, March 12, 2009. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)]
• GAO. Traumatic Brain Injury: Better DOD and VA Oversight Can Help Ensure More Accurate, Consistent, and Timely Decisions for the Traumatic Injury Insurance Program. GAO-09-108, January 29, 2009. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 45 pages)][Recommendations (HTML)]
• GAO. VA Health Care: Long-Term Care Strategic Planning and Budgeting Need Improvement. GAO-09-145 January 23, 2009. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 41 pages)]
• GAO. VA Health Care: Improved Staffing Methods and Greater Availability of Alternate and Flexible Work Schedules Could Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Inpatient Nurses. GAO-09-17, October 24, 2008. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 54 pages)][Recommendations (HTML)]
• GAO. VA Health Care: Ineffective Controls over Medical Center Billings and Collections Limit Revenue from Third-Party Insurance Companies. GAO-08-675, June 10, 2008. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 63 pages)][Recommendations (HTML)]
• GAO. VA Health Care:Recruitment and Retention Challenges and Efforts to Make Salaries Competitive for Nurse Anesthetists. GAO-08-647T, April 9, 2008. [Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 16 page]
• GAO. VA Health Care: Additional Efforts to Better Assess Joint Ventures Needed.GAO-08-399, March 28, 2008. Summary (HTML)][Highlights Page (PDF)][Full Report (PDF, 48 pages)][Recommendations (HTML)]