Compliance Q&A: False Claims Agreements Signal Regulatory Focus on MA Marketing

  • Apr 03, 2025

    Of the more than $2.9 billion in recoveries secured last year by the U.S. Dept. of Justice through False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments, more than $1.67 billion involved health care. According to Bass Berry & Sims’ recently released Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2024, the settlements spotlight noncompliance in two highly scrutinized areas of Medicare Advantage: risk adjustment and sales and marketing.

    AIS Health, a division of MMIT, spoke with Bass Berry attorney Lindsey Fetzer to understand the implications of these and other cases on MA insurers. Fetzer chairs the firm’s multi-disciplinary Managed Care practice and has extensive experience working with plans, risk-bearing provider groups and vendors in litigation, investigation and compliance counseling matters.

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  • Lauren Flynn Kelly

    Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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