VA real property, action needed to improve the leasing of outpatient clinics : report to congressional requsters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Buildings--Management.

United States.

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Government property--United States--Management.

Government property.

Building leases--United States--Management.

Building leases.

Real property--United States--Management.

Real property.

Building management.

Government property--Management.

Real property--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 32 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Department of Veterans Affairs real property, action needed to improve the leasing of outpatient clinics

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

VA operates one of the nation's largest health-care delivery systems. To help meet the changing medical needs of the veteran population, VA has increasingly leased medical facilities to provide health care to veterans. As of November 2013, VHA's leasing program has long-term costs of $5.5 billion and growing. Given previous problems that GAO has identified with VA's hospital construction program, GAO was asked to review VA's leasing program. This report examined (1) the extent to which schedule and costs changed for selected VA outpatient clinics' leased projects since they were first submitted to Congress and factors contributing to the changes and (2) actions, if any, VA has taken to improve its leasing practices for outpatient clinics and any opportunities for VA to improve its project management. GAO analyzed agency documents as well as VA data for 41 ongoing major outpatient-clinic lease projects, for which a prospectus was submitted to Congress with an average annual rent of more than $1 million as of January 2014. We also interviewed VA officials and representatives from private companies, involved in VA leasing projects. GAO recommends that VA update VHA's guidance for the leasing of outpatient clinics.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 5, 2015).

"April 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-14-300."

OCLC:

904603449