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Ineligible Providers in Medicare Part C and Part D

CMS contracts with Medicare Advantage plans and private prescription drug plans (collectively known as "sponsors") to offer Part C and Part D managed care benefits to eligible beneficiaries. Federal law prohibits Medicare payments for services provided or prescriptions written by individuals or entities who are excluded from Federal health care programs (excluded providers) when the sponsor knows or has reason to know of the exclusion. Federal regulations also prohibit Medicare payments to ineligible providers whose billing privileges have been deactivated, denied, or revoked. We will conduct a nationwide audit of Medicare Part C and Part D managed care data for calendar years 2018 and 2019 to identify ineligible providers that had been excluded, precluded, or deactivated as Medicare providers but provided services through Part C and D sponsors. Our audit will determine whether Part C and Part D sponsors complied with Federal requirements on preventing ineligible providers from rendering services to Medicare beneficiaries.

Announced or Revised Agency Title Component Report Number(s) Expected Issue Date (FY)
Completed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Ineligible Providers in Medicare Part C and Part D Office of Audit Services W-00-20-35859;
A-02-20-01027
2023