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Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Tufts Health Plan (Contract H2256) Submitted to CMS

Submitting OIG: 
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Date Issued: 
Monday, February 14, 2022
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Department of Health & Human Services
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-01-19-00500
Component, if applicable: 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Location(s): 
MA,
United States
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$3,758,335
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-01-039.01 Open No
We recommend that Tufts Health Plan refund to the Federal Government the $3,758,335 of net overpayments.
22-A-01-039.02 Open No
We recommend that Tufts Health Plan 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-01-039.03 Open No
We recommend that Tufts Health Plan continue to improve its existing compliance procedures to identify areas where improvements can be made to ensure 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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