Fierce Healthcare March 16, 2023
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has released its annual report to Congress, weighing in on a slew of topics related to the program. (Inna Kot/iStock / Getty Images Plus)
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has released its annual report to Congress, weighing in on a slew of topics related to the program from physician reimbursement to COVID’s effects to private coverage.
The commission found that coding differences in Medicare Advantage (MA) increased payments to plans by $17 billion in 2021 alone. The group estimates that higher coding intensity in MA has driven $80 billion in overpayments through 2021 and will drive an estimated $44 billion more in the next two years.
MedPAC estimated that the higher coding...
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