Government Industry
VA Health Care: VA Increases Third-Party Collections as It Addresses Problems in Its Collections Operations.
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony, June, 2003
GAO-03-740T May 7, 2003
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) collects health insurance payments, known as third-party collections, for veterans' health care conditions it treats that are not a result of injuries or illnesses incurred or aggravated during military service. In September 1999, VA adopted a new fee schedule, called "reasonable charges," that it anticipated would increase revenues from third-party collections. In January 2003, GAO ...