Topic: Healthcare

FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

The Nation’s Fiscal Health: Urgent and Sustained Action Needed to Improve the Fiscal Outlook

What GAO Found The federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path that poses serious economic, national security, and societal challenges if not addressed. Nearly every year this century, the government has spent more than it collected in revenue. To finance these deficits, the government has had to borrow by issuing debt. If current spending and revenue policies continue, the nation’s fiscal outlook is projected to deteriorate further, as debt accumulates at a faster rate than the economy grows. GAO projects that under current revenue and spending policies, debt held by the public will reach its historical high of 106 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2029 and grow to 251 p.

ML Maria Lopez

Jun 11 · 1 min

CABI Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Notice | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collecti.

CW Claire Walsh

Jun 10 · 1 min

FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Veterans Health Care: Scheduling Systems and Related Challenges

What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uses dozens of systems to schedule appointments, manage referrals, and monitor wait times for veterans. The department is also in the process of replacing its primary health information system—the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)—by deploying a new electronic health record system with Oracle Health. However, the rollout of the new system has been delayed due to technical and performance issues. Some of those scheduling systems and tools are commonly used across the department by many VistA facilities. Schedulers at the handful of facilities that have the new Oracle Health system also have an additi.

ML Maria Lopez

Jun 10 · 1 min

FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Health and Human Services

What GAO Found In May 2025, GAO identified 35 priority recommendations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since then, HHS has implemented four of those recommendations. In May 2026, GAO identified an additional seven priority recommendations, bringing the total to 38. GAO is highlighting the following two areas that warrant timely and focused attention: Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid program integrity and oversight; and Improve public health program oversight and coordination. Taking action to implement GAO's open recommendations in these areas would help increase the efficiency and effectiveness of key federal health care programs and funding. It would also help offic.

ML Maria Lopez

Jun 10 · 1 min

NIH National Institutes of Health · Healthcare healthcare

Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting

National Institutes of Health published a notice titled "Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting." TeamCog summarizes the official filing and links to the source record.

EM Elena Martinez

Jun 4 · 1 min

CABI U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Federal Law Enforcement: DHS Could Improve Data Collection and Assessment of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs

What GAO Found Stakeholders and available literature identified occupation, culture, and personal life stressors that may negatively affect the mental health of law enforcement officers in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Stressors that Department of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Officers May Face Selected law enforcement agencies—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)—reported that at least 99 suicide-related deaths occurred in fiscal years 2016 through 2025. During this period, CBP reported 81 of these deaths and had an average suicide rate of 17.6, which varied annually c.

TN Thomas Nakamura

Jun 4 · 1 min

FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits

Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Assess Civilian Partnerships’ Contributions to Readiness

What GAO Found The Department of Defense’s (DOD) decisions to partner with civilian medical facilities to train military medical personnel for the battlefield are influenced by various factors that can support or hinder the use of partnerships, according to officials. One type of partnership that DOD can establish through an external resource sharing agreement allows active-duty providers to provide medical care to beneficiaries in civilian medical facilities within DOD’s network. Using these partnerships can reduce costs by avoiding certain professional fees and by keeping patient care within the network. However, DOD has not fully explored the benefits of increasing the use of these partn.

ML Maria Lopez

Jun 4 · 1 min