The enormous impact of Medicare Stars Ratings on payments received by Medicare Advantage plans cannot be overstated. And with billions of dollars in bonus payments at stake, it may come as no surprise that stringent standards...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule on the use of extrapolation to determine overpayments in risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audits of Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) delayed the publication of the final rule on the use of extrapolation and the application of a fee-for-service adjuster (FFS Adjuster) in risk adjustment data validation...more