Clinical Consulting Services

The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) develops and conducts studies of hospital quality of care, including the incidence of hospital adverse events among Medicare beneficiaries and among Medicaid labor and delivery patients, disparities in health outcomes, hospital use of electronic health records, and as needed, other small-scope clinical consulting needs for OEI more broadly. OEI conducts national evaluations of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs from a broad, issue-based perspective, and provides recommendations to HHS operating divisions.  OIG/OEI requires an expert consultant/witness in order to further an investigation. Not utilizing an expert consultant/witness will significantly and negatively impact the investigation potentially leading to additional fraud, waste and abuse of Departmental dollars, and potential negative harm to program beneficiaries and recipients. This service is of vital importance to investigative and prosecutive activities as the credibility of evidence, along with investigative and prosecutorial activity may be identified through such activities.