KHN Report Underscores Looming Issue of Extrapolation, FFS Errors in RADV Audits

After settling a three-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, Kaiser Health News (KHN) last month finally made public the results of multiple CMS audits of Medicare Advantage plans — which showed the federal government intends to collect an estimated $12 million for overpayments identified over a three-year period. KHN said it filed the lawsuit against CMS in September 2019, after the agency failed to respond to a FOIA request for the audits pertaining to care delivered between 2011 and 2013.

Those years represent the latest Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audits to be completed, referring to contract-level audits conducted by CMS to verify the accuracy of payments made to MA organizations and recover improper payments. Industry experts say the results obtained by KHN may not be representative of insurer practices today, and that they highlight the overarching question of whether the audit methodology that CMS may soon finalize aligns with the current payment and bidding system that’s in place for MA.

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