Compliance & Oversight
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Federal oversight of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment is intensifying, with HHS OIG audits of UnitedHealthcare and Humana contracts alleging unsupported diagnosis codes and significant overpayments, while DOJ’s $22.5M Independence Blue Cross settlement signals continued False Claims Act exposure for MA coding programs and provider-plan risk arrangements. At the same time, CMMI Director Abe Sutton is positioning the WISeR AI-enabled prior authorization model as a broader template for federal payment integrity, despite provider concerns over delays and technology failures—creating a strategic tension for VBC organizations between documentation-driven revenue optimization, compliance infrastructure, and administrative friction in care delivery. For ACOs, MA groups, and delegated-risk providers, the operating environment is shifting toward tighter auditability of risk scores and utilization management models that increasingly blend AI, prior authorization, and payment oversight (HHS OIG MA audits; DOJ Independence Blue Cross settlement).
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