DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 7 (July)

CMS unveils detailed, state-level timeline for RAC reviews, targets

The good news is you won't have to worry about getting medical records requests - the first step of a complex recovery audit contractor (RAC) review - until August at the very earliest, CMS says. The bad news: automated RAC reviews, which target simple "black and white" issues and don't require you to submit records, have already started in 23 states (see table below).

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