Verifying Eligibility for Military Health Care: Some Progress Has Been Made, But Reliability Problems Remain.

摘要

Concerns over fraud in military medical programs the mangement of military health resources led to the development of the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)--a computer-based system about two-thirds implemented in the Continental United States which will be used as the primary means for confirming beneficiary eligibility and as a tool in Department of Defense health resource planning. Despite progress made toward achieving DEERS' objectives, the system contains many errors. GAO believes that attention should be given to DEERS in attaining: More complete and accurate beneficiary enrollment data, More accurate beneficiary information, and Prompt information on beneficiary eligibility changes. GAO has made several recommendations directed at improving DEERS reliability.