Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center Merger: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations by Committee on Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center Merger

Author:Committee on Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center Merger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2014-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

The committee was not asked to report on progress in the 12 integration areas, but the NDAA 2010 directed the GAO to do so annually. In its latest report, issued in June 2012, the GAO found that 6 of the 12 were fully implemented (governance structure, patient priority system, contracting, research, quality assurance, and contingency planning), compared with 4 in 2011. Integration benchmarks was one of the 5 areas “in progress” (the others were reporting requirements, workforce management, property, and fiscal authority). The GAO found that one area—IM/IT—was delayed, requiring workarounds that were resulting in additional costs for the Lovell FHCC in terms of reduced provider productivity and increased administrative burden. The GAO found, as did this committee, that the FHCC has not quantified the extra costs, but that it has engaged the Center for Naval Analyses to assess costs and document any savings from integrated patient care (GAO, 2012).

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