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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 1999–2000)
Published: Friday 31 March 2000
Published
The audit reviewed the Commonwealth funding provided under the Home and Community Care Act 1985, for a range of personal, health and domestic services to frail aged and other people with disabilities and their carers. The objective of the audit was to form an opinion on the Department of Health and Aged Care's administration of the Home and Community Care program in particular to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the services.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 1999–2000)
Published: Wednesday 22 December 1999
Published
The audit reviewed the Commonwealth management and regulation of plasma fractionation. The audit objectives were to:
- assess the administrative and financial effectiveness of the Department of Health and Aged Care's contract management of the PFA;
- assess whether the TGA's implementation of post sale regulatory arrangements adequately protects the community's interests; and
- assess the extent to which agencies have implemented the recommendations made in Audit Report No.14 1995-96 concerning funding of plasma products and regulation of plasma products manufactured under the PFA.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 1999–2000)
Published: Tuesday 13 July 1999
Published
The audit reviewed the implementation of the purchaser/provider arrangements between the Department of Health and Aged Care and Centrelink. The objective of the audit was to determine the administrative effectiveness of the implementation of the service delivery arrangements between Centrelink and the Department by examining project planning for, and management of, the implementation, and the establishment of on-going purchaser/provider arrangements.
Entity
Centrelink; Department of Health and Aged Care
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 31 of 1996–97)
Published: Tuesday 13 May 1997
Published
The ANAO's purpose was to report on:
- the HIC's management of approaches to minimise medifraud and inappropriate practice;
- HIC's reporting of its performance on these matters to stakeholders;
- the methodology used by the HIC to estimate the extent of fraud and inappropriate practice, including comment on the reliability of the estimates; and
- the HIC's implementation of the major recommendations from Medifraud and Excessive Servicing - Audit Report No.17 1992-93.
Entity
Health Insurance Commission
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 1996–97)
Published: Tuesday 8 October 1996
Published
The purpose of the audit was to examine the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the Therapeutic Goods Administration's performance in evaluating and approving prescription drugs for public use. In particular the audit focused on analysing elements of the regulatory process associated with the evaluation of prescription drugs. In this context the audit reviewed the administrative operations performed within the Department's Drug Safety and Evaluation Branch, the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee and the Business and Services Branch of the TGA, rather than any processes preceding or succeeding those activities.
Entity
Department of Health and Family Services
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 1995–96)
Published: Friday 17 May 1996
Published
The ANAO's purpose was to ascertain:
- whether the enhanced investigatory powers had improved the Commission's ability to investigate and prosecute fraud and other offences against Health Legislation; and
- whether the Commission had used the powers with integrity, in a professional manner and in accordance with the legislation.
Entity
Health Insurance Commission