Continuing on the question of fee-based care for a minute, is the VA, excluding the centers of excellence where the VA is really good--I mean, for PTSD, TBI, crush injuries, things like that--has VA ever done a full cost study of comparing if we treat a Veteran in a fee-for-service basis through a third-party provider on one hand versus the fully-loaded cost of the care in a VA facility including the cost of the overhead, the facility, the capital costs and so forth?
Bill Flores: “Continuing on the question of fee-based care for a minute, is the VA, excluding the centers of excellence where the VA…”
On the recordJune 26, 2013
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Flores questions the VA on cost comparisons between fee-based and VA facility care.
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