Risk Adjustment
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Risk adjustment scrutiny is intensifying across both MA and accountable care: KFF’s analysis of Medicare Advantage coding intensity and reports of a $342M MA billing-related payment to the government reinforce that diagnosis capture is now a central payment-accuracy and enforcement risk, not just an actuarial issue. At the same time, ACOs accepted into CMS’s LEAD model face near-term strategic decisions—participant TIN lists are due in early August, final financial methodology is still pending, and organizations also applying to MSSP must choose a risk-track direction before final rules land—making risk mitigation, coding/documentation infrastructure, and attribution discipline immediate board-level concerns (Wakely). The emerging pattern is a shift from retrospective coding optimization toward prospective, clinically grounded documentation and data infrastructure, as payers, ACOs, and provider groups try to preserve legitimate risk capture while reducing audit exposure under the Trump administration’s CMS.
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