Payment Integrity & Compliance
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Payment integrity pressure is intensifying across Medicare Advantage and value-based care infrastructure, with DOJ activity, large False Claims Act settlements, Star Ratings litigation, and new audit-readiness/risk-adjustment platforms signaling that risk coding, documentation integrity, and quality-score economics are becoming core strategic risks—not back-office compliance issues. At the same time, CMS’s use of AI-enabled prior authorization is drawing access concerns after reports that Washington procedures formerly approved in roughly two weeks now take four to eight weeks, underscoring the tension between utilization management and care-delay risk for accountable providers and plans (Healthcare Dive).
For Medicaid and drug-cost VBC strategy, the GENEROUS model reflects continued movement toward payment models that test state/federal purchasing leverage, but KFF notes savings will depend heavily on confidential or uncertain model parameters—making actuarial assumptions and state participation details critical for payers, Medicaid ACOs, and risk-bearing providers (KFF). Together, these developments point to a Trump administration CMS environment where payment integrity, AI-enabled oversight, and audit defensibility are likely to shape contract economics as much as traditional quality and utilization performance.
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