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VA Health Care: Medical Care Cost Recovery Activities Improperly Funded

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 12, 1993
Report No. HRD-94-2
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Summary:

Before 1990, the 158 medical centers run by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) used medical care appropriations to finance the recovery of health care costs from veterans or third parties. In November 1990, Congress established a Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund to finance all recovery expenses related to collecting the cost of medical care and services provided by VA. This report examines whether medical centers were using only the fund to underwrite cost recovery activities. GAO also reviews VA's efforts to improve the efficiency of its recovery activities.

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