tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 27

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Medicare 'Bounty Hunters' Haven't Targeted Physicians-Yet

Physicians must supervise nurse anesthetists in New JerseyPhysicians have been bracing themselves for another layer of scrutiny over their Medicare claims, this time from the Recovery Audit Contractors, which receive payments based on the amount of money they recoup from providers.You can breathe a little easier. The RACs were supposed to begin auditing providers in California, New York and Florida in May. But so far no physicians appear to have heard from the RACs, according to William Rogers, a physician who runs the Physician Regulatory Issues Team at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The PRIT lists...

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