Healthcare Inspection: A Review of Facility Capabilities Where Veterans Received Complex Surgical Care.

摘要

The VA Office of Inspector (OIG) General Office of Healthcare Inspections conducted a retrospective review to characterize where selected complex and intermediate surgical procedures were performed at VHA facilities and at non-VHA facilities through fee basis arrangements prior to VHAs release of Directive 2010-018, Facility Infrastructure Requirements To Perform Standard, Intermediate, Or Complex Surgical Procedures (Directive) on May 6, 2010. The review provides an independent analysis of where select complex surgical procedures were performed within the VHA and by fee-forservice providers prior to publication of the Directive.