Reducing the risk-score influence of health risk assessments in Medicare Advantage could decrease spending by up to $12.3bn annually, reveals a Health Affairs investigation. Concerns have been made about aggressive coding practices within Medicare Advantage that exaggerate beneficiary illnesses to secure increased government payouts. The study presents these assessments as contributing to this issue. In 2020, limiting the risk-score impact of health risk assessments was linked to a spending cut of between $4.5bn and $12.3bn in Medicare.
Saint Luke’s, Story Health Roll Out New AFib Program
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute is rolling out a new care solution for patients who have or are at risk of atrial fibrillation, or
