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Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Peoples Health Network (Contract H1961) Submitted to CMS

Submitting OIG: 
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Date Issued: 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Department of Health & Human Services
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-06-18-05002
Component, if applicable: 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
External entity, if applicable: 
Peoples Health
Location(s): 
LA,
United States
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$3,312,219
Funds for Better Use: 
$0
Number of Recommendations: 
3
View Document: 
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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number Recommendation Status Significant Recommendation Additional Details
22-A-06-060.01 Open No
We recommend that Peoples Health Network refund to the Federal Government the $3,312,219 in estimated overpayments.
22-A-06-060.02 Open No
We recommend that Peoples Health Network identify, for the high-risk diagnoses included in this report, similar instances of noncompliance that occurred before or after our audit period and refund any resulting overpayments to the Federal Government.
22-A-06-060.03 Open No
We recommend that Peoples Health Network enhance its existing compliance procedures to identify areas where improvements can be made to ensure that diagnosis codes that are at high risk for being miscoded comply with Federal requirements (when submitted to CMS for use in CMS's risk adjustment program) and take the necessary steps to enhance those procedures.
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