Indian Health Service: Opportunities May Exist to Improve the Contract Health Services Program

[摘要] A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "For Indian Health Service (IHS) contract health services (CHS) delivered in fiscal year 2011, a majority of claims were paid within 6 months of the service delivery date, but some took much longer. Specifically, about 73 percent of claims were paid within 6 months of service delivery, while about 8 percent took more than 1 year. The CHS payment process consists of three main steps: (1) the local CHS program issues a purchase order to the provider authorizing payment (either before service delivery, or after, such as in emergency situations), (2) the provider submits a claim for payment, and (3) IHS pays the provider. GAO found that the first step took the longest--often taking more than 2 months."

[发布日期] 2013-12-11 [发布机构] United States. Government Accountability Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;health care;indian health service;letter report