tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 17

RAC AUDITS: RAC Contractors List 7 Audit Issues on Their Radar Screens

Tip: Even if you voluntarily refund improper payments to your MAC, the RAC might still audit the claim. If you've been sweating it out, waiting for the recovery audit contractors (RACs) to announce where they'll be focusing their audit efforts, two RAC contractors have answers. CMS appointed four RAC contractors to implement its program, but CMS must approve any review issues and the RACs must post them to their Web sites. At this point, just two contractors, Connolly Consulting Inc. (which handles Region C) and HealthDataInsights (Region D) have announced their review areas. The review areas are as follows:&bull...

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