HHS Management Challenges
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on the top management and performance challenges facing the HHS. Key areas identified by the OIG include: Medicare Part D oversight (including drug pricing and rebates, fraud and abuse safeguards, and access to accurate information); Medicare integrity (including DME fraud and competitive bidding); Medicare Advantage; Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance program integrity (including prescription drug fraud and pharmacy reimbursement); quality of care (including pay-for-performance, “never events,” and transparency of ownership and performance); emergency preparedness and response; oversight of food, drugs, and medical devices (including food safety and security, drug and medical device safety, and transparency of provider financial interests); grants management; integrity of information systems and the implementation of health information technology; and ethics program oversight and enforcement.
