SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON VETERANS HEALTH ADMINIS-
TRATION AND FURNISHING OF HOSPITAL 
CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING 
HOME CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7330B. Annual report on Veterans Health Adminis-
tration and furnishing of hospital care, 
medical services, and nursing home care 
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1 
of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the furnishing of hospital care, 
medical services, and nursing home care under the laws 
administered by the Secretary and on the administration 
of the provision of such care and services by the Veterans 
Health Administration during the calendar year preceding 
the calendar year during which the report is submitted. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by subsection (a) shall include each of the following for 
the year covered by the report: 
‘‘(1) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
Veterans Health Administration program in increas-
ing the access of veterans eligible for hospital care, 
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medical services, and nursing home care furnished 
by the Secretary to such care. 
‘‘(2) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
Veterans Health Administration in improving the 
quality of health care provided to such veterans, 
without increasing the costs incurred by the Govern-
ment or such veterans, which includes the relevant 
information for each medical center and Veterans 
Integrated Service Network of the Department set 
forth separately. 
‘‘(3) An assessment of— 
‘‘(A) the workload of physicians and other 
employees of the Veterans Health Administra-
tion; 
‘‘(B) patient demographics and utilization 
rates; 
‘‘(C) physician compensation; 
‘‘(D) the productivity of physicians and 
other employees of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; 
‘‘(E) the percentage of hospital care, med-
ical services, and nursing home care provided to 
such veterans in Department facilities and in 
non-Department facilities and any changes in 
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such percentages compared to the year pre-
ceding the year covered by the report; and 
‘‘(F) pharmaceutical prices. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘hos-
pital care’, ‘medical services’, ‘nursing home care’, and 
‘non-Department facilities’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 1701 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 7330A the following new 
item: 
‘‘7330B. Annual report on Veterans Health Administration and furnishing of 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care.’’. 
Æ 
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