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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Health & Human Services
Components
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Report Number
A-07-19-01193
Report Type
Audit
Location

TN,
United States

Number of Recommendations
3
Questioned Costs
$5,987,509
Funds for Better Use
$0
External Entity
Cigna-HealthSpring of Tennessee, Inc.

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
23-A-07-028.01 No $5,987,509 $0

We recommend that Cigna-HealthSpring of Tennessee, Inc. refund to the Federal Government the $5,987,509 of estimated overpayments.

23-A-07-028.02 No $0 $0

We recommend that Cigna-HealthSpring of Tennessee, Inc. identify, for the high-risk diagnoses included in this report, similar instances of noncompliance that occurred before and after our audit period and refund any resulting overpayments to the Federal Government.

23-A-07-028.03 No $0 $0

We recommend that Cigna-HealthSpring of Tennessee, Inc. continue its examination of 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.

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

United States