Latest Audit Report Highlights Enforcement Activity Outside Program Audits

In CMS’s latest audit report, the agency confirms what an earlier AIS Health analysis of compliance notices indicated: the agency imposed approximately $1 million in civil money penalties (CMPs) based on 2021 referrals, and nearly half of that stemmed from one-third financial audit findings. CMS, meanwhile, cautioned the industry not to read too much into the latest audit results as they relate to 2020, when CMS audited a relatively small number of plans due to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

In the 2021 Part C and Part D Program Audit and Enforcement Report, published on June 7, CMS said it imposed 16 CMPs amounting to $1,043,953, or an average of $65,247 per CMP. Sponsors audited in 2021 covered 26% of enrollment.

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Lauren Flynn Kelly

Lauren Flynn Kelly Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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