Tag Archives: Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage Audit Shows $197 Million in Over-Payments
In April 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) released a report regarding a Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of one of the country’s major Medicare Advantage Organizations, Humana, Inc. The audit covered only one year, 2015, and one particular contract. The audit selected a random sampling of 200… Read More »
What is Risk Adjustment Fraud?
In 1997, Congress decided that traditional Medicare was way too expensive. At the time, Medicare operated under a traditional fee-for-service model. Under this model, if a doctor delivered services to Mrs. Jones, the government paid the doctor a fee for his or her services, i.e, fee-for-services. Congress thought it found a better way. Rather… Read More »