In a memo released April 28 to PACE organizations, Medicare Advantage plans, and others, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined deadlines for submission of risk adjustment data in the appropriate systems.

These data must be submitted by 8 p.m. ET on the deadline to be included in the subsequent risk adjustment models which affect risk scores and rate setting.

Though the most pressing deadline remains months away in early September, organizations are encouraged to submit data at intervals well in advance of the deadline to allow time for resolution of submission or data validation errors.

The memo can be found in the archive of HPMS memos under the memos tab, here.