A recent roundtable discussion yielded a greater
understanding of how the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of
Inspector General and long-term can work together to improve quality, a
recently released report found.
On December 6 of last year, government representatives
met with long-term care administrators, clinicians, compliance officers and
other long-term care professionals to discuss pressing quality-of-care issues.
At this meeting, entitled "Driving for Quality in Long-Term Care: A Board
of Directors Dashboard," participants talked about processes of
monitoring, measuring and improving quality of care. A dashboard is a
management tool to assess and oversee performance on quality-of-care issues.
The OIG said it will consider opportunities for dialogue
with the long-term care industry. Both The OIG and the Health Care Compliance
Association held the meeting last December and jointly released the report.