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A recent roundtable discussion yielded a greaterunderstanding of how the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office ofInspector General and long-term can work together to improve quality, arecently released report found. 

On December 6 of last year, government representativesmet with long-term care administrators, clinicians, compliance officers andother long-term care professionals to discuss pressing quality-of-care issues.At this meeting, entitled “Driving for Quality in Long-Term Care: A Boardof Directors Dashboard,” participants talked about processes ofmonitoring, measuring and improving quality of care. A dashboard is amanagement tool to assess and oversee performance on quality-of-care issues. 

The OIG said it will consider opportunities for dialoguewith the long-term care industry. Both The OIG and the Health Care ComplianceAssociation held the meeting last December and jointly released the report.