InnovAge shares tumbled nearly 50% in early trading

InnovAge shares tumbled nearly 50% in early trading.

InnovAge Holding Corp. announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has sanctioned the Company’s Colorado centers based on deficiencies detected in a focused audit.

On December 22, 2021 InnovAge was notified that CMS had determined to suspend new enrollments at the Company’s Colorado centers based on deficiencies detected in an audit that was conducted earlier this year the final results which have not yet been disclosed to the company. CMS identified the following deficiencies including a failure:

To provide all Medicare and Medicaid covered services, as well as other services determined necessary by the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to improve and maintain the participant’s overall health status;To provide care that meets the needs of each participant across all care settings, 24 hours a day, every day of the year;To ensure accessible and adequate services to meet the needs of the Company’s participants;Of the IDT to coordinate 24-hour care delivery and to remain alert to pertinent information from other team members, participants, and caregivers; andOf the InnovAge Colorado’s primary care providers to manage their participants’ medical situations and oversee their participants’ use of medical specialists.

CMS indicated that the suspension will remain in effect until it determines that the Company has remedied such deficiencies to its satisfaction.