Last October, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its work plan for fiscal year (FY) 2013, an event that sometimes can trigger anxiety among health care organizations. Published annually, the work plan outlines the OIG’s enforcement priorities, enabling health care facilities to better identify compliance risks and more accurately gauge their chances of meeting the requirements.
According to the OIG, the work plan is part of “a dynamic process, and adjustments are made throughout the year to meet priorities and to anticipate and respond to emerging issues with the resources available. We assess relative risks in the programs for which we have oversight authority to identify the areas most in need of attention and, accordingly, to set priorities for the sequence and proportion of resources to be allocated.”