(A) The case load of, and number of patients treated by, each health care provider at such medical facility during an average week. (B) The time spent by such health care provider on matters other than the case load of such health care provider. (C) The amount of personnel used for administration compared with direct health care in the Service being comparable to the amount used for administration compared with direct health care in private health care institutions. (D) The allocation of the budget of the Service used for administration compared with the allocation of the budget used for direct health care at Service-operated facilities. (E) Any vacancies in positions of full-time equivalent employees that the Service— (i) does not intend to fill; or (ii) has not filled during the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the position became vacant. (F) The disposition of amounts budgeted for full-time equivalent employees that is not used for those employees because the positions of the employees are vacant, including— (i) whether the amounts are redeployed; and (ii) if the amounts are redeployed, how the redeployment is determined. (G) With respect to the approximately 3,700 Medicaid-reimbursable equivalent employees of the Service— (i) the number of those employees who are certified coders; and (ii) whether that number of employees is necessary. (8) The information technology strategies of the Service with respect to furnishing and managing health care, including an identification of any weaknesses and opportunities with respect to the technology used by the Service, especially those strategies with respect to clinical documentation of episodes of hospital care, medical services, and other health care, including any clinical images and associated textual reports, furnished by the Service in Service or non-Service facilities. (9) Business processes of the Service, including processes relating to furnishing non-Service health care, insurance identification, third-party revenue collection, and vendor reimbursement, including an identification of mechanisms as follows:
(A) The case load of, and number of patients treated by, each health care provider at such medical facility during an average week. (B) The time spent by such health care provider on matters other than the case load of such health care provider. (C) The amount of personnel used for administration compared with direct health care in the Service being comparable to the amount used for administration compared with direct health care in private health care institutions. (D) The allocation of the budget of the Service used for administration compared with the allocation of the budget used for direct health care at Service-operated facilities. (E) Any vacancies in positions of full-time equivalent employees that the Service— (i) does not intend to fill; or (ii) has not filled during the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the position became vacant. (F) The disposition of amounts budgeted for full-time equivalent employees that is not used for those employees because the positions of the employees are vacant, including— (i) whether the amounts are redeployed; and (ii) if the amounts are redeployed, how the redeployment is determined. (G) With respect to the approximately 3,700 Medicaid-reimbursable equivalent employees of the Service— (i) the number of those employees who are certified coders; and (ii) whether that number of employees is necessary. (8) The information technology strategies of the Service with respect to furnishing and managing health care, including an identification of any weaknesses and opportunities with respect to the technology used by the Service, especially those strategies with respect to clinical documentation of episodes of hospital care, medical services, and other health care, including any clinical images and associated textual reports, furnished by the Service in Service or non-Service facilities. (9) Business processes of the Service, including processes relating to furnishing non-Service health care, insurance identification, third-party revenue collection, and vendor reimbursement, including an identification of mechanisms as follows:
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