CMS to recover ‘uncollected overpayments’ amid Medicare audits

When announcing a “significant expansion” of its auditing efforts for Medicare Advantage plans, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to recover uncollected overpayments identified in past audits. Publicly traded companies in the healthcare space include CVS Health (CVS), Centene (CNC), Cigna (CI), Elevance Health (ELV), Humana (HUM), Molina Healthcare (MOH) and UnitedHealth (UNH).