RAC – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 19 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted two separate sets of data that provide nationwide statistics on its Recovery Auditor program.

Sep 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a revised recovery audit contractor statement of work September 12 that contains several revisions and clarifications

Sep 15 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Medicaid RACs final rule. The new initiative, modeled after the Medicare RAC program, aims to fight waste and fraud in Medicaid and will save taxpayers an estimated $2.1 billion over the next five years

Aug 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Recovery audit contractors, previously responsible for issuing demand letters to providers, will shift this responsibility to Medicare administrative contractors.

Aug 05 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor Program Collected $575.2 Million Since 2009

Jan 28 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Medical necessity determinations are not just a hot button issue with Recovery Audit Contractors RACs, but also with the other ‘usual suspect’ government auditors

Jan 04 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A third of the reimbursements collected in the demo phase of RAC were due to “wrong setting” denials, according to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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