Medicare Subvention Demonstration: DOD Start-Up Overcame Obstacles, Yields Lessons, and Raises Issues

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of its Medicare Subvention Demonstration program, focusing on: (1) progress in establishing the ground rules for program operation, receiving Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) approval, attracting enrollment, and starting to deliver health services; (2) the useful practices and operational difficulties that emerged during program start-up; and (3) issues for the future.