CMS said it plans to audit risk-adjustment payments that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans received based on having identified additional diagnoses in beneficiary medical chart reviews. CMS’s action was spurred by a recent report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) entitled, “Billions in Estimated Medicare Advantage Payments From Chart Reviews Raise Concerns.” (Click here … Continue Reading
On October 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule that will, among others initiatives, allow CMS to recover higher dollar amounts of improper payments made to Medicare Advantage Organizations. Improper payments are identified through Risk Adjustment Data Validation (“RADV”) audits, which are audits conducted to determine whether the … Continue Reading
