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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Reforming the Military Health Care System
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Reforming the Military Health Care System
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 139
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High costs, wide beneficiary dissatisfaction, and inadequate readiness for war have stirred widespread interest in changing the military's system of health care. Large sums are at stake because of the military health care system's scope. The Army, Navy, and Air Force run 129 hospitals (medical centers and regional and community hospitals), and several hundred outpatient clinics in the United States. About 9 million people are entitled to use these facilities, including not only the 2.2 million men and women serving on active duty but their roughly 3 million dependents along with about 4 million retired military personnel and their dependents and survivors. Caring for dependents and retirees nonactive beneficiaries in military facilities costs the Defense Department more than $3 billion a year. When nonactive beneficiaries cannot obtain care directly from the armed forces, because a particular medical service is unavailable or because military facilities in general are hard to reach, they may use the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). CHAMPUS pays a large part of the costs of care obtained from civilian hospitals and doctors. Dependents and retirees can use CHAMPUS whenever they want for outpatient care, but for hospital care those living in a "catchment area"--The area roughly 40 miles around a military hospital must get specific permission from their local military medical commander. In recent years funding for CHAMPUS has tripled, from about $710 million in 1980 to more than $2 billion in 1987. In response, the Administration has put forward the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative (CRI), which has at its core several fixed-price contracts with private health care companies to provide care for beneficiaries who are not on active duty. Though it may save money, CRI also carries a risk of triggering much higher costs.
Reforming the Military Health System
Author: Henry H. SheltonPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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"In this white paper, experts Dr. Peter Levin, General H. Hugh Shelton, U.S. Army (ret.), and Dr. Stephen Ondra discuss reforming the military health system and recommend that the upcoming TRICARE solicitation be consistent with the recently-released HHS/CMS guidelines regarding 'fee for value.' The authors urge the in-process electronic health records acquisition to not choose a closed, proprietary, highly integrated commercial vendor, and that the Department of Defense (DOD) promote Blue Button personal health records to help address digital record exchange with the Department of Veterans Affairs"--Publisher's web site.
Military Health System Reform: a Cure for Efficiency and Readiness? :.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military PersonnelPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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REFORMING the MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM: The Opportunity and Dire Need for Change in how We Care for Military Personnel and Their Families
Author: H. Hugh SheltonMilitary Health System Reform :.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military PersonnelPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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FEHBP/CHAMPUS
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Civil ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Reforming Military Health Care Costs
Author: Patricia K. TongPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The top three costs for the Military Health System (MHS) are health care delivery costs, military medical personnel costs, and Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund contributions. Determining how to curb burgeoning military health care costs without compromising (1) access to and quality of care or (2) the readiness of military medical personnel continues to be a priority for the Defense Health Agency. The authors of this report conducted a literature review and solicited expert opinions to outline four key policy areas in which further research could be pursued to understand how to reduce MHS costs.
Military Health System (MHS) Reform: The Options Under Consideration (Presentation).
Author: Sarah K. BurnsHealth Care Reform in the Department of Defense
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed ServicesPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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