tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 18

RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS: Your E/M Visit Levels Are Safe From RAC Scrutiny

And physicians aren't the contractors' main target for nowGood news: Medicare's new "bounty hunters" may not have your name on their hit list.The Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) have aroused apprehension because their payment comes in the form of a proportion of the funds they recoup from providers. But at an April 28 special Open Door Forum on the RACs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revealed that: The RACs have chosen to focus on hospital inpatient claims for now. The contractors have the discretion to zero in on whatever area of Medicare they feel will be most...

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