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CMS Doubles Down on Medicare Advantage Recoupment: Announces Aggressive RADV Strategy to Reclaim Billions

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On May 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an aggressive plan (Plan) to expand its efforts to address fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare Advantage (MA)....more

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OIG Releases Audit of Medicare Payments for Evaluation Management Services Billed on the Same Day as Eye Injections

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On May 27, 2025, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report outlining its finding that Medicare payments for evaluation management (E&M) services provided on the same day as eye injections were at risk for...more

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OIG Audit of MACs Finds Deficiencies

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The 12 regional Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) were recently audited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG). Each of the MAC jurisdictions was found by the OIG to...more

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OIG Releases Findings on Medicare Contractor Compliance with Medicare Cost Report Oversight Requirements

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Last week, OIG’s Office of Audit Services released its latest report on Medicare Administrative Contractors’ (MACs) compliance with Medicare cost report oversight requirements. The report, which is titled Medicare...more

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OIG Audit Finds That Medicare Could Achieve Significant Savings if Critical Access Hospital Payments for Swing-Bed Services Were...

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On January 3, 2025, OIG posted the results of an audit that found that Medicare could have saved $7.7 billion if critical access hospitals’ (CAH) payments for swing-bed services were similar to those of the fee-for-service...more

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EnforceMintz — Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs to Remain in the Enforcement Spotlight in 2025

As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the industry’s response to agency actions escalated. Last year also resulted in the first sizable Part D...more

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OIG Report Finds that the Medicare Program Improperly Paid Acute-Care Hospitals for Outpatient Services Provided to Hospice...

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On November 12, 2024, OIG published a report concluding that the Medicare program overpaid acute-care hospitals an estimated $190 million over five years for outpatient services provided to hospice enrollees....more

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OIG Releases Findings on Compliance with Hospital Price Transparency Rule

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Earlier this month, OIG’s Office of Audit Services released its latest report on providers’ compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (the HPT Rule). The HPT Rule requires hospitals to make public (1) a...more

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OIG Audit Finds Medicare Overpaid Hospitals an Estimated $79 Million for Enrollees Who Had Received Mechanical Ventilation

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On August 12, 2024, OIG announced the results of an audit of payments made to hospitals for inpatient claims with the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs) that require ninety-six hours of consecutive...more

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CMS Auditing Companies for Sunshine Compliance: Are You Ready?

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As the Sunshine Act reporting deadline of March 31, 2024 draws near, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for their Sunshine Act reporting. Are you prepared for a Sunshine Act audit? Reporting...more

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OIG to Audit CMS Oversight of Nursing Home Surveys by Third-Party Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a top federal watchdog tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, recently announced that it will audit the...more

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OIG Announces Results of Hospital Transfer Payment Policy Audit

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On Friday, October 6, 2023, OIG announced the results of an audit performed on the Medicare Part A hospital transfer policy for discharges to post-acute care (PAC). The hospital transfer policy, which was established in...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 2nd Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Summit on Medicare Advantage - November 2nd - 3rd, Nashville, TN

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 2nd Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Summit on Medicare Advantage returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will address the latest oversight and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2024 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 29th - 30th, Coronado, CA

Explore the unique issues that are pertinent to managed care professionals! This annual event dedicated to compliance management for health plan providers is returning to an in-person format for 2024. Join your peers and...more

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HRSA Uninsured Program COVID-19 Services: What Were the Standards to Determine Uninsured Status?

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Uninsured Program (UIP), which reimbursed providers for provision of COVID-19 related services to uninsured individuals, paid out more than $24.5 billion in claims....more

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Kitchen Sink MDRP Proposed Rule Radically Changes Best Price Determination Resulting in Financial and Operational Challenges for...

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On May 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Proposed Rule titled: “Medicaid Program: Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug...more

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HHS OIG to Review CMS Citations

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Summary - The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has announced its intention to comprehensively review nursing home citations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

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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

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UPIC Report Card: The OIG’s Evaluation of the UPICs Provides Insight Into the Future of Hospice Audits

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report detailing its evaluation of CMS’s primary fraud, abuse and waste investigators—the Unified Program Integrity...more

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OIG Audit Finds That Providers Did Not Always Comply with Federal Requirements When Claiming Medicare Bad Debts

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This month, OIG published its findings relating to its audit on providers who sought reimbursement from Medicare for bad debts. OIG conducted the audit to confirm whether: (a) providers complied with Federal requirements...more

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OIG Adds New Nationwide Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Audit to Work Plan

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This month, OIG updated its work plan to include a new Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Nationwide Audit. In explaining the new workstream, OIG cited high IRF error rates in other reviews and plans to determine whether...more

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OIG Recommends CMS Use OIG Hospital Compliance Audits to Enhance its Medicare Oversight

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On October 26, 2022, OIG published a report summarizing the results of 12 OIG hospital compliance audits covering Medicare claims paid from 2016 through 2018. OIG recommends, among other things, that CMS follow up on...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2023 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 31st - February 2nd, 8:25 am - 3:15 pm CT

Join us for our annual event dedicated to compliance management for health plan providers. Learn the latest best practices and emerging trends from industry leaders while making connections with peers and mentors who...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Indianapolis & Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 7th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm EDT

General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...more

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Medicare Advantage Organizations' Denials of Some Prior Authorization Requests Raise Concerns

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In the Office of the Inspector General's latest report released in April of 2022, the denials of some prior authorization requests by Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) raise concerns about beneficiary access to...more

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