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CMS Sheds Light on its Timeline for Expedited RADV Audits

Shortly following its announcement of sweeping changes to RADV audits, CMS shared industry guidance last week regarding upcoming deadlines for the submission of risk adjustment data corrections in advance of RADV sampling....more

Epstein Becker & Green

CMS Issuing First Risk Adjustment Data Validation Audit Notices for PY2018 Since the RADV Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing, what will amount to be, very significant Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) Audit notices for PY2018 to Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs)....more

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CMS Medicare Advantage RADV Final Rule: No Fee-For-Service Adjuster, May Extrapolate Audit Findings Beginning with PY 2018

More than four years after it was proposed, on February 1, 2023 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited risk adjustment data validation (RADV) Final Rule (Final Rule) that will affect...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The ABCs of Medicare and Medicaid Claims Audits: Responding to Audits and Potential Consequences from Negative Audits

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As addressed in the first installment of this three-part series, healthcare providers face potential audits from an increasing number of Medicare and Medicaid contractors. Failing to respond properly can lead to significant...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues Long-Awaiting Medicare Advantage RADV Final Rule

On January 30, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the long-delayed final rule on risk adjustment data validation (“RADV”) audits of Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations (the “Final...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CMS Releases Final Rule for Risk Adjustment Data Validation Audit Methodology

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On January 30, 2023, CMS posted for inspection a final rule describing its Risk Adjustment Data Validation audit methodology (the Final RADV Rule). As we have discussed in prior alerts, the finalization of the RADV Rule,...more

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Medicare Advantage: OIG Report Finds Improper Denials

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On April 27,2022, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), Office of Evaluations and Inspections, issued a report on the performance of Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) in...more

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[Webinar] Adjusting the Risk for Medicare Advantage: Recent Enforcement Trends and Litigation Involving Medicare Advantage Risk...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to concentrate on risk adjustment programs of payers with Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) as a prime enforcement target. One particular area of focus, both civilly and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Audit Series: The Latest Developments and Strategies for Success in the Ever-changing Audit Landscape

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Hospice Audits Series Audits are a fact of life for hospices—it’s not a matter of “if” a hospice will be audited, but “when.” The alphabet soup of audits has expanded, from UPICs to SMRCs, CPIs, TPEs and more. With the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Blog Series: CMS Proposed Rule on Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit,...

On October 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released for viewing a proposed rule that includes significant changes for Medicare Advantage organizations (“MAOs”), Part D prescription drug plan...more

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