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Public Health Preparedness: HHS Should Assess Jurisdictional Planning for Isolation and Quarantine
GAO-24-106705
Jul 25, 2024
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Director of CDC should document the agency's intentions to share finalized isolation and quarantine guidance with jurisdictions in advance of publication to allow them to prepare to implement such guidance. (Recommendation 1)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Director of CDC should assess jurisdictional planning for isolation and quarantine and determine whether federal actions are needed to help jurisdictions close any gaps. (Recommendation 2)
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Medicaid: Federal Oversight of State Eligibility Redeterminations Should Reflect Lessons Learned after COVID-19
GAO-24-106883
Jul 18, 2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should document and implement the oversight practices the agency learned during unwinding were needed for preventing and detecting state compliance issues with redetermination requirements. (Recommendation 1)
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DOD and VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Better Facilitate Access to Mental Health Services During Military to Civilian Transitions
GAO-24-106189
Jul 15, 2024
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Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency should revise the inTransition program's criteria for auto-enrollment as outlined in its policy to identify and enroll eligible service members prior to their separation from the military. (Recommendation 1)
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Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency should revise the inTransition program's policy to expand the outreach methods used by the program to contact automatically enrolled service members, such as by adding requirements for outreach through email, text, or the use of location services. (Recommendation 2)
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Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency should establish measurable performance goals for the inTransition program that have quantitative targets and time frames. (Recommendation 3)
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Defense Health Agency The Defense Health Agency should implement a process for the inTransition program to use performance information to assess its effectiveness and make any needed improvements, as appropriate. (Recommendation 4)
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VA-DoD Joint Executive Committee The DOD-VA Joint Executive Committee should assess the effectiveness of DOD and VA programs and processes overall in facilitating access to mental health services across the transition continuum, and recommend any needed changes to DOD and VA, including changes to address any identified gaps or unnecessary duplication or overlap. (Recommendation 5)
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Defense Health Care: DOD Should Improve Accuracy of Behavioral Health Provider Information in TRICARE Directories
GAO-24-106588
Jul 08, 2024
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DHA

  • assesses the accuracy of behavioral health provider listings, specifically, in the TRICARE directories;
  • determines and addresses the causes of any significant differences identified in the accuracy rate for behavioral health provider listings compared to the accuracy rates for the overall directories; and
  • ensures accuracy rates for behavioral health provider directory information are comparable to the accuracy rates for the overall directory, to the extent practicable.

    • (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of DHA periodically monitors the accuracy of behavioral health provider listings in relation to the overall provider directory. (Recommendation 2)
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