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January 21, 2016

New York will receive $47 million in a settlement with CenterLight Healthcare and CenterLight Health System, resolving allegations that CenterLight Healthcare’s Select Medicaid Managed Long Term Care Plan fraudulently billed Medicaid for services they did not provide to more than 1,200 Medicaid recipients. Under the settlement, CenterLight Healthcare admitted that it enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries who were referred by social adult day care centers even though the beneficiaries were not eligible to receive managed long-term care under the plan, and that the centers were providing services that did not qualify for reimbursement under New York State Department of Health standards, or CenterLight’s contract with DOH.  Whistleblower David Heisler will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award. NY

The Calm Before the Storm: Enforcement Trends in Risk Adjustment: DOJ and the False Claims Act

Posted  11/17/15
Presentation by Mary Inman at SSN's Medicare Risk Adjustment & Revenue Management Conference in Miami. (November 17, 2015).  Download presentation; Click here to view the agenda.

Medicare Advantage Plan Loses Members, Responds with Plans to Raise Risk Adjustment Scores

Posted  09/22/15
By Tim McCormack and Molly Knobler (published on The Compliance & Ethics Blog) Modern Healthcare recently reported that although enrollment in the Medicare Managed Care Program (also known as Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part C) has grown by 8% on average since 2010, several top Medicare Advantage Plans are losing membership.  Highmark, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, HealthNow New York, Wellcare...

Medicare Advantage Plan Loses Members, Responds with Plans to Raise Risk Adjustment Scores

Posted  09/21/15
The Compliance & Ethics Blog (September 21, 2015) Click here to read the article.

Medicare Part C: Fighting Back Against Risk Adjustment Fraud

Posted  06/26/15
Health insurance companies that participate in the Medicare Managed Care program (also known as Medicare Advantage or Medicare “Part C”) routinely complain about cuts to their reimbursement rates – even in years, like this one, where the reimbursement rates are actually increased.  At the same time, reports indicate that insurers are “leaning heavily on their Medicare business” and “signal[ing their]...

In Their Own Words -- Sparrow

Posted  04/23/15

-- "It shows the incentives provided for whistleblowers are working well, and all the other controls and detection systems are failing miserably."

Malcolm Sparrow, a health care fraud expert at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the increasing number of whistleblower actions challenging fraud in the Medicare Advantage healthcare program.  Click here for more.

GAO Report Finds Medicaid Managed Care Vulnerable To Fraud

Posted  06/26/14
By Marlene Koury A new study conducted by the US Government Accountability Office ("GAO") shows that the Medicaid managed care program is vulnerable to serious health care fraud.  The study found that the weakness is primarily due to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") delegating managed care oversight to the states – but without providing them with clear guidance and resources to combat...

Beyond RADV: Does Your Plan's Risk Adjustment Strategy Run Afoul of the False Claims Act

Posted  02/13/12
Presented at the HCCA Managed Care Compliance Conference (February 13, 2012).  Click here to view the presentation.
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