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HHS faces fraud, billing challenges in 2009
A new report by the HHS Office of the Inspector General concludes that protecting Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program from fraud and billing mistakes will prove to be... Read more...
CMS reports lower error rate for 2008
Apparently, having Recovery Audit Contractors in the news frequently has pushed some providers to change their coding practices. CMS has reported that the 2008 error rate for fee-for-service payments... Read more...
Auditor brings whistle-blower suit against FL hospital district
The former internal audit director for a South Florida-based public-health system has filed a whistle-blower suit claiming that he was fired after challenging improper payments to its chief... Read more...
CMS: RAC program has recovered more than $1B
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...
