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B-133142 1 (1974-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafpc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUN# o WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 MANPOWER AND WELFARE f DIVISION JU I i74 B-133142 The Honorable The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: LM09S826 We have surveyed the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniforned Services (CHAMPUS) in the European area. Under CHAMPUS the Department of Defense (DOD) pays, or pro- vides reimbursement for, medical expenses incurred in civil- ian facilities by dependents of active duty and deceased mil-it-ary personnel and retired military personnel and their dependents. The Office of CHAMPUS in Denver, Colorado, is responsi- ble for administering CHAMPUS in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The Office of CHAMPUS is directly responsible to DOD. In the European area CHAMPUS is admin- istered by the Office of the Civilian Health and Medical Program o.f the Uniformed Services, Furope (OCFMPUSEUR). OCHAMPUSEUR is under the Assistant Chief of Staff, Comptrol- ler, United States Army Medical Command, Europe, in Heidel- berg, Germany, and is responsible to the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. Our survey concentrated on the program's management in the European area, where claims costs were about $4 million during fiscal year 1973. We identified certain matters which we thought needed further management attention. We want to direct your attention to the fact that this report contains recommendations to you which are set forth on pages 8 and 9. As you know, section 236 of the Legislative Re- organization Act of 1970 requires the head of a Federal agency to submit a written statement on actions he has taken on our RFST DOCUMENT AVAILABI

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