Monitor Mondays

$6.38 Million Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Settlement

November 30, 2020 Ronald Hirsch, MD | Knicole Emanuel .Esq | David Glaser, Esq. | Ellen Fink-Samnick | Matthew Albright | Max Voldman, JD Season 10 Episode 45
Monitor Mondays
$6.38 Million Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Settlement
Show Notes

A whistleblower recently exposed an alleged risk-adjustment scheme that was apparently designed to artificially inflate reimbursement provided under Medicare Part C, aka Medicare Advantage (MA).

The accompanying lawsuit alleged that GHC hired an outside vendor to review and “improve” its risk adjustment scores. According to the whistleblower, GHC submitted t

Reporting our lead story on this matter during the next live edition of Monitor Mondays will be Max Voldman, JD, an associate of Constantine Cannon.

Other segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:

  • Special Report: Bereavement: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will don her case management hat to report on how hospital personnel are dealing with the death of patients in the wake of COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of more than 259,000 here in the U.S. Ellen will also conduct the Monitor Mondays Listeners Survey.

  • Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications facing healthcare providers.

  • Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

  • RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, a partner at the law firm of Practus, will file the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.

  • Legislative Update: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.