Purchase of hospital services from state governments : Department of Veterans' Affairs / the Auditor-General
- Bib ID:
- 356519
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australian National Audit Office
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian National Audit Office, 1998
- xxii, 64 pages ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 064438817X
- Series:
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- Australian National Audit Office. Audit report ; 1997-98, no. 40.
- Australian National Audit Office. Performance audit
- Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 1998, no. 69.
- Summary:
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Recommendations: (1) That the department seek the introduction of a more comprehensive penalty regime, and additional incentives to encourage superior performance in all future DVA Arrangements with the states, to strengthen the Commonwealth's capacity to achieve its objectives; (2) That where possible, in instances where Commonwealth money is paid to a State for particular purposes, such as for capital programs, the arrangement and/or the supporting documentation should include details of: the purpose for which the payment is made; the time frame in which themoney is expected to be spent; and the consequences if the purpose or time frame is not met; (3) That where accurate and timely data is received, DVA complete reconciliations of public hospital separations data with the time frames specified by the arrangements with the States, to ensure that the Commonwealth pays the correct amounts to State governments for the provision of their services; (4) That DVA to facilitate reconciliations, ensure that appropriate IT systems are in place at the latest shortly after the commencement of new arrangements with the States; (5) That DVA review its current allocation of responsibilities for the reconciliation of Commonwealth and State data; (6) That future arrangements with the States should include provisions to ensure the supply of the public hospital data required by DVA to make informed judgements on the cost and quality of alternate suppliers of hospital services; (7) That DVA include in its annual report the number of complaints received by Treatment Monitoring Committees, to allow readers to more fully understand DVA's performance indicator on the investigation of these complaints; (8) That DVA ensure that it has adequate systems in place to monitor progress in data reconciliation, and develop a performance indicator to allow an assessment of the timeliness of its performance in reconciling claims submitted by the States; and (9) That DVA ensure that staff have a sound knowledge and understanding of DVA's strategy for monitoring clinical standards in public hospitals.
- Full contents:
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- Part 1. Audit summary
- Key findings
- Recommendations
- pt. 2. 1. Introduction
- 2. Background
- Repatriation general hospitals
- Brand report
- Divestment
- Potential cost savings
- Funding
- Separations
- Repatriation private patient principles
- Repatriation private patient scheme
- DVA purchasing model
- 3. Arrangements with the states
- 4. Performance assessment
- 5. Other management issues
- pt. 3. Appendices.
- Notes:
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- "Audit team: Paul Nicoll ... [et al.]"--P.iv.
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