How Medicare Advantage Plans Dodged Auditors and Overcharged Taxpayers by Millions

Link: https://khn.org/news/article/medicare-advantage-auditors-overcharged-taxpayers/

Excerpt:

A review of 90 government audits, released exclusively to KHN in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, reveals that health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

The audits, the most recent ones the agency has completed, sought to validate payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for 2011 through 2013.

As KHN reported late last month, auditors uncovered millions of dollars in improper payments — citing overcharges of more than $1,000 per patient a year on average — by nearly two dozen health plans.

Author(s): Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker

Publication Date: 13 Dec 2022

Publication Site: Kaiser Health News