VA health care facilities: leveraging partnerships to address capital investment needs : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, May 12, 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Government Regulation Hospitals, Veterans Public-Private Sector Partnerships -- organization & administration United States United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. VA administers one of the largest health care systems in the nation. VA estimates that fulfilling all of its priority infrastructure projects would cost approximately $63-$76 billion as of fiscal year 2021. GAO has reported that VA has struggled with instances of cost overruns and time delays in constructing some facilities. VA has leveraged partnerships to address its capital needs, including a donation partnership with the private sector (known as CHIP-IN) and an integrated health care facility with DOD. This statement discusses (1) VA’s donation partnership pilot program, efficiencies identified, and considerations relevant to seeking additional donation partnerships, and (2) VA’s and DOD’s integration of their health care facilities in North Chicago, IL and the agencies’ observations on the integration. This statement is based on GAO’s prior work. What GAO Recommends. GAO has made recommendations to VA regarding the use of leading practices for pilot programs (GAO-19- 117) and a lessons-learned process for the donation partnership projects (GAO-21-133). VA concurred with and implemented these recommendations. GAO also recommended that VA and DOD collaborate to update a costeffectiveness analysis for the Lovell Center (GAO-17-197). VA and DOD concurred with and implemented this recommendation.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918434588906676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918434588906676