The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its annual assessment of the most significant management and performance challenges facing HHS in the coming year. This year’s assessment includes a list of nine top management challenges and related “hot topics” for each challenge.
Included in the list are the importance and challenges of maintaining the integrity of the Medicare program and of the Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The assessment also highlights the need to safeguard the quality of care provided to federal healthcare program beneficiaries and the need to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and reliability of healthcare IT systems.
The full list of management challenges and hot topics is available on the OIG web site.
