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HFMA ANI 2009: Tenet's experiences with RACs
Audit, audit, audit -- and while you're at it, document, document and document some more. Those are the mantras that have helped one Tenet hospital survive an initial audit by the dreaded Recovery... Read more...
CMS reports lower claims error rate for 2008
Maybe having Recovery Audit Contractors in the news frequently has had some effect on provider claims practices. CMS has reported that the 2008 error rate for Medicare fee-for-service payments has... Read more...
CMS sets plans for RAC contractor expansion
In an inevitable, but still widely feared, next step, CMS has taken the first steps in phasing in its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, announcing the four new contractors that will administer... Read more...
CMS: Providers lose almost 70 percent of RAC appeals
CMS has released a new report stating that Medicare has recovered more than $1 billion through the Recovery Audit Contractor program since 2005, with 85 percent of the money having been taken back... Read more...
