AUDIT OF VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (VHA) PHARMACY CO-PAYMENT LEVELS AND RESTRICTIONS ON FILLING

AUDIT OF VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (VHA) PHARMACY CO-PAYMENT LEVELS AND RESTRICTIONS ON FILLING PRIVATELY WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PRIORITY GROUP 7 VETERANS VHA can reduce the cost impact of providing prescriptions to priority group 7 veterans, make additional resources available for veteran healthcare, and enhance the delivery of prescription services to veterans. Report No.: 99-00057-4 Date: December 20, 2000 Office of Inspector General Washington DC 20420 Memorandum to the Under Secretary for Health (10) Audit of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Pharmacy Co-Payment Levels and Restrictions on Filling Privately Written Prescriptions for Priority Group 7 Veterans 1. The audit was conducted to: (1) quantify the number of priority group 7 veterans that use the Florida/Puerto Rico Veterans Integrated Service Network’s (VISN 8) healthcare facilities for the purpose of filling prescriptions that are ordered by their private physicians, and (2) evaluate the process used by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities to fill prescriptions written by private sector physicians. The audit was completed as part of a broader ongoing audit of the Adequacy and Availability of Healthcare Services in VISN 8 (OIG Project No. 1999-57-D2-184). 2. In accordance with the provisions of the “Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996” (Public Law 104-262), VHA has ...