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New this year is quality reporting data…The Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services is charged with overseeing the agency's programs to make sure they function efficiently and safely…OIG recently released its work plan for 2016…Here, among the vast responsibilities assigned to the office are five items OIG will check to ensure hospitals provide quality care and maintain safety:

1. CMS validation of hospital-submitted quality reporting data
2. Hospitals' contingency plans for protecting data in the EHR
3. Hospital preparedness and response to high-risk infectious diseases
4. Long-term-care hospitals – adverse events in post-acute care for Medicare beneficiaries
5. Inpatient rehabilitation facilities – adverse events for Medicare beneficiaries