Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) are among the most important means used by DHHS OIG for promoting compliance in the healthcare industry. Recent CIAs also provide an up-to-date perspective on the OIG’s priorities and concerns in a particular industry sector, as well as important insights into what the OIG believes to be effective oversight and operational controls for healthcare organizations. At any given time there are more than 300 CIAs in place with three or four on average being added monthly.

The OIG’s introduction of a mid-year update to its Work Plan now requires healthcare organizations to view the Work Plan as an ongoing, continuous process. Organizations not only need to review and act upon the areas introduced in the fall with the Work Plan’s traditional release, but also must now pivot and respond to new or revised areas of focus introduced with the mid-year update in the spring.