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DOJ and HHS OIG’s $22.5M False Claims Act settlement with Independence Blue Cross over alleged Medicare Advantage diagnosis-code inflation signals continued federal pressure on MA risk adjustment and payment integrity, with direct implications for plans, risk-bearing providers, and VBC contracts tied to coding accuracy and RAF performance (DOJ settlement). The case lands alongside renewed policy attention to modernizing MA risk adjustment and CMS’s WISeR model discussions around AI-enabled prior authorization, underscoring a broader Trump administration-era compliance posture: tighter scrutiny of documentation, medical necessity, and algorithmic oversight as payment models increasingly depend on data-driven utilization management and population risk capture (WISeR analysis).
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