38 U.S.C. § 7330B — Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care

(a) Report Required. By March 1 of each year from 2018 through 2022, the Secretary^* must submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs a report about the preceding calendar year covering: (1) hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care^* under laws administered by the Secretary; and (2) the Veterans Health Administration’s administration of that care and those services.

(b) Elements. Each report must include for its covered year: (1) an evaluation of the Administration’s effectiveness in increasing veterans’ access to eligible Department^* hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care; (2) an evaluation of its effectiveness in improving care quality without increasing Federal or veteran^* costs, with relevant information separately for each Department medical center and Veterans Integrated Service Network; and (3) assessments of: (A) physician and other employee workload; (B) patient demographics and use rates; (C) physician compensation^*; (D) physician and other employee productivity; (E) percentages of hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care provided in Department and non-Department facilities and changes from the preceding year; (F) pharmaceutical prices; and (G) third-party health billings owed to the Department, including total billed and total collected, separately for claims greater than $1,000 and claims equal to or less than $1,000.

(c) Definitions. “Hospital care,” “medical services,” “nursing home care,” “facilities of the Department,” and “non-Department facilities” have the meanings given in section 1701 of this title.