Introduction The Decision Support System (DSS) is the designated Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) System, of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as mandated in VHA Directive 1750 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Managerial Cost Accounting System (Decision Support System (DSS)), March 24, 2015. DSS is a derived database built from standard VHA data sources. The Managerial Cost Accounting Office (MCAO) uses clinical and financial data to provide state-of-the-art activity-based costing and clinical productivity analyses. This is a design-to-schedule project with a compulsory patch release date of no later than November 1, of the new Fiscal Year (FY). This project enables the MCAO to accurately accommodate changes, to the primary Clinical Transaction Systems, made during the preceding year, ensuring the Workload data has been accurately captured and costed to the Product Level. MCA Cost Data is used at all levels of the VA for important functions, such as budgeting and resource allocation. Additionally, the system contains a rich repository of clinical information used to promote a more proactive approach to the care of high-risk (i.e. diabetes and acute coronary patients) and high-cost patients. Document Overview This Release Notes document outlines the changes made during the sustainment effort for this fiscal year (FY17) to the DSS application for patch release ECX*3.0*161.
Introduction The Decision Support System (DSS) is the designated Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) System, of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as mandated in VHA Directive 1750 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Managerial Cost Accounting System (Decision Support System (DSS)), March 24, 2015. DSS is a derived database built from standard VHA data sources. The Managerial Cost Accounting Office (MCAO) uses clinical and financial data to provide state-of-the-art activity-based costing and clinical productivity analyses. This is a design-to-schedule project with a compulsory patch release date of no later than November 1, of the new Fiscal Year (FY). This project enables the MCAO to accurately accommodate changes, to the primary Clinical Transaction Systems, made during the preceding year, ensuring the Workload data has been accurately captured and costed to the Product Level. MCA Cost Data is used at all levels of the VA for important functions, such as budgeting and resource allocation. Additionally, the system contains a rich repository of clinical information used to promote a more proactive approach to the care of high-risk (i.e. diabetes and acute coronary patients) and high-cost patients. Document Overview This Release Notes document outlines the changes made during the sustainment effort for this fiscal year (FY17) to the DSS application for patch release ECX*3.0*161.
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