Payment Integrity & Compliance
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CMS’s Trump-era payment-integrity push is drawing provider and plan pushback as the health sector warns that expanded anti-fraud controls could slow legitimate reimbursement, complicate risk adjustment, and add administrative friction for ACOs and Medicaid managed care plans already under documentation scrutiny (Modern Healthcare). At the same time, payers and health systems are moving toward electronic prior authorization, but physicians remain skeptical that insurer pledges to reduce PA burden will materially change care delays—an immediate operational issue for VBC organizations accountable for access, avoidable utilization, and total cost of care (Healthcare IT News).
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