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InnovAge Announces Release of CMS Sanction in
CO., November 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InnovAge Holding Corp. (the "Company" or "InnovAge")
(Nasdaq: INNV), a market leading healthcare delivery platform for high-cost, dual-eligible seniors, announced today that the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that effective immediately the sanction is released from InnovAge in Sacramento,
California and it will return to normal enrollment status for Medicare-eligible participants. The California Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS) continues to conduct its validation audit and has not lifted the state sanction. The DHCS audit outcome determines InnovAge's
ability to enroll Medicaid recipients, which is required to enroll seniors with both Medicare and Medicaid.
announcement is a step in the right direction, and we are proud of our team for the work they have done to address the audit findings
and strengthen our end-to-end operations," said InnovAge President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Blair. "We recognize
there is still work to do, and we look forward to working with both CMS and our state partners to ensure we are providing the highest
quality care and access to all Sacramento-area eligible seniors."
is a market leader in managing the care of high-cost, dual-eligible seniors. Our mission is to enable seniors to age independently in
their own homes for as long as possible. Our patient-centered care model is designed to improve the quality of care our participants
receive, while reducing over-utilization of high-cost care settings. InnovAge believes its healthcare model is one in which all constituencies -
participants, their families, providers and government payors - "win." As of September 30, 2022, InnovAge served approximately
6,540 participants across 18 centers in five states. https://www.innovage.com/.
Sarah Rasmussen, APR
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materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include: (i) the risk that the DHCS will not release the Company's
Sacramento center from enrollment sanctions for Medicaid participants in the near term or at all; (ii) the results of periodic inspections,
reviews, audits, investigations under the federal and state government programs, including sanctions currently in place on our centers
in Colorado; (iii) our ability to sufficiently cure any deficiencies identified by the respective federal and state government programs,
in the states of Colorado and New Mexico; (iv) our inability to enroll or attract new participants and grow our revenue, once and if sanctions
are lifted in our centers in Colorado and in our Sacramento center in California and actions from other states; and (v) the concentration
of our presence in Colorado. For a detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could affect our actual results, please refer
to the risk factors identified in our SEC reports, including, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, in each case, as filed with the SEC.
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