The OIG has released its compilation of “2014 Top Management & Performance Challenges,” highlighting the following 10 most significant management and performance challenges now facing HHS:
- Implementing, Operating, and Overseeing the Health Insurance Marketplaces
- Ensuring Appropriate Use of Prescription Drugs in Medicare and Medicaid
- Protecting an Expanding Medicaid Program from Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
- Fighting Waste and Fraud and Promoting Value in Medicare Parts A and B
- Ensuring Quality in Nursing Home, Hospice, and Home- and Community-Based Care
- The Meaningful and Secure Exchange and Use of Electronic Health Information
- Effectively Operating Public Health and Human Services Programs to Best Serve Program Beneficiaries
- Ensuring Effective Financial and Administrative Management
- Protecting HHS Grants and Contract Funds from Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
- Ensuring the Safety of Food, Drugs, and Medical Devices