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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday finalized  regarding the Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Data Validation program, which the agency uses to recover improper risk adjustment payments from MA plans when the medical diagnoses submitted for payment are not supported in the beneficiary’s medical record. Under the , CMS will extrapolate RADV audit findings beginning with payment year 2018, and require MA organizations to remit improper payments identified during RADV audits in a certain manner. The rule also finalizes a policy to remove the Fee-for-Service adjustment factor previously applied in RADV audits.