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Self-imposed hospital tax extended in California
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that extends a self-imposed hospital fee intended to draw down as much as $6.1 billion in Medicaid matching funds, reports the San Jose
Medicaid final rule calls for states and RACs to reduce waste
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule, providing guidance to states about federal and state funding for the start-up, operation, and maintenance of Medicaid
Pain diagnoses may be red flag for RACs
Revenue audit contractors are zooming in on hospital charges to treat both back and chest pain as the most likely sources of rejecting claims, according to a presenter at the Healthcare Financial
ANI conference offers stack of RAC seminars
If anything stirs the blood of a healthcare finance executive, it's Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program. RACs have become somewhat of an obsession in the provider community, with its
New RAC audits could prove burdensome to hospitals
Recovery audit contractors have implemented a new method for identifying provider overpayments--one that will require more legwork by hospitals to rebut, reports AIS Health Services. The new method,
Taking on RACs with a rapper's attitude
As the ACHE Congress convened in gray and chilly Chicago last week, about the last musical group I would associate with the crowds of buttoned-down executives and flight surgeons is Public Enemy. Yet
CMS delays Medicaid RAC implementation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services has put off the deadline for states to implement their Medicaid recovery audit contractor (RAC) programs until an unspecified time later this year,
AHA blasts U.S. attorneys over False Claims Act
Perceived abuse of the False Claims Act, recovery audit contractors, anti-kickback laws and overly complex meaningful use rules are among the regulations that are extremely burdensome to the hospital
CMS proposes regulations for Medicaid RACs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed new rules for recovery audit contractors ( RAC news) regarding their audits of Medicaid payments, a change intended to make the process
OIG 2010 work plan includes RAC-like focus areas
The 2010 Work Plan released by the HHS Office of the Inspector General is certainly a dry document, but healthcare providers should be careful not to miss some key provisions, according to an
