"This
partnership greatly increases the ease and accessibility of
medical care while keeping costs down," said HRSA Administrator
Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H.
According to Patrick T. Henry, assistant secretary of the Army
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, FEDS-HEAL will provide reservists
about another 10,000 medical facilities across the country where
they can go for health care services. An estimated 60,000 soldiers
are expected to use the new network this year.
FOH previously received the "Hammer" Award in 1998
for building an alliance with the Army's Medical Contracting
Authority at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to recruit occupational
health professionals with greatly reduced administrative effort
and significantly lower costs.
Hammer Award winners are selected for organizing teams of workers
that help build a better and more cost-efficient government.
