The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced plans to ramp up its risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audit program in 2020 based on a recent study by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which found potential issues related to Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) using chart reviews to inappropriately increase risk adjusted payments. …
It’s Working – CMS Report Concludes the Effectiveness of Risk Adjustment
Posted in GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Inc.In late June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released data demonstrating that its Risk Adjustment Program – developed as part of the Affordable Care Act just five years ago – is working just as planned. What was the plan? To prevent payers from developing plans intended to attract healthier patients and to incentivize …