Risk adjustment could continue to draw on diagnoses from medical claims, but in a more targeted fashion that focuses on diagnoses that supply additional predictive information and are less affected by ...
Faced with new government regulations, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations should be utilizing technology to increase the accuracy of their coding, mitigate their risk, and ensure appropriate care ...
In this proposed rule, HHS notes that risk adjustment transfers currently occur 8 to 10 months after the end of a benefit year and that, because of the “time value of money,” this payment lag benefits ...
Among other provisions, the Rate Announcement includes the following: Payment Changes/Growth Rates: The effective growth rate for 2024 MA non-End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rates is 2.28%, a slight ...
On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (Rate ...
Major insurers are gaming Medicare Advantage’s risk adjustment system to reap higher payments from the government, costing Medicare billions of dollars, according to a new analysis of CMS data.