Federal Register: December 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 237)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-31122
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
President' Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, Notice of Meeting
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92463 that a meeting of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is scheduled for Wednesday, December 11, 2002, beginning at 8 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC and is open to the general public.
The purpose of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is to:
(a) Identify ways to improve benefits and services for Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries and Department of Defense (DOD)
military retirees who are also eligible for benefits from VA, through
better coordination of the activities of the two departments;
(b) Identify opportunities to remove barriers that impede VA and
DOD coordination, including budgeting processes, timely billing, cost accounting, information technology, and reimbursement; and
(c) Identify opportunities through partnership between VA and DOD,
to maximize the use of resources and infrastructure, including
buildings, information technology and data sharing systems, procurement of supplies, equipment, and services.
The morning and afternoon sessions will be a discussion of format and issues for the final report to the President.
Interested parties can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon,
Communications Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, Arlington, Virginia, 22209.
Dated: November 29, 2002.
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By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 0231122 Filed 12902; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:
President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92463 that a meeting of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is scheduled for Wednesday, December 11, 2002, beginning at 8 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Horizon Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC and is open to the general public.
The purpose of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans is to:
(a) Identify ways to improve benefits and services for Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries and Department of Defense (DOD)
military retirees who are also eligible for benefits from VA, through
better coordination of the activities of the two departments;
(b) Identify opportunities to remove barriers that impede VA and
DOD coordination, including budgeting processes, timely billing, cost accounting, information technology, and reimbursement; and
(c) Identify opportunities through partnership between VA and DOD,
to maximize the use of resources and infrastructure, including
buildings, information technology and data sharing systems, procurement of supplies, equipment, and services.
The morning and afternoon sessions will be a discussion of format and issues for the final report to the President.
Interested parties can provide written comments to Mr. Dan Amon,
Communications Director, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care
Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, 4th Floor, Arlington, Virginia, 22209.
Dated: November 29, 2002.
[[Page 75898]]
By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 0231122 Filed 12902; 8:45 am]
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