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VA Health Care: Insufficient Support for Brevard County Location for New Florida Hospital

HRD-86-67 Published: Jun 04, 1986. Publicly Released: Jun 09, 1986.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process and criteria the Veterans Administration's (VA) 12 Medical District officials used in selecting Brevard County as the location for a new VA hospital in east central Florida.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Veterans Administration The Administrator of Veterans Affairs should direct the Chief Medical Director to require VA regional and district planners to document the rationale or basis for their hospital siting decisions.
Closed – Implemented
VA updated its information. VA rationale and documentation relating to its decision was submitted with the regional MEDIPP plan on December 1, 1986.
Veterans Administration The Administrator of Veterans Affairs should direct the Chief Medical Director to suspend further planning for a hospital in Brevard County and reassess the siting decision for the location of a new east central Florida hospital based on the matters discussed in this report. VA should provide the results of its reassessment, including the rationale for its decision, to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs and Appropriations Committees because of the future need for congressional authorization and funding for this hospital.
Closed – Implemented
VA advised the appropriate committees on August 21, 1986, that it had reviewed the criteria used in making the Brevard siting decision and found them to be appropriate, based on information available at the time. VA stated that its decision would be updated with more recent data, and the rationale and basis for its siting decision would again be documented.

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