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Bounty hunting in hospitals

October 29, 2008 — 10:06am ET | By Anne Zieger
RAC is the magic bullet that CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is using to describe the new federal Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program that was officially started last week.... Read more...

Report names top coding hospitals

October 17, 2008 — 12:56pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Ingenix has released its annual report on the top coding hospitals, ranking them based on how accurate and complete their coding practices are when billing Medicare. The report shines a spotlight on... Read more...

CMS announces RAC contractor choices

October 7, 2008 — 2:36am ET | By Anne Zieger
CMS has taken the first steps in phasing in its Recovery Audit Contractor program, announcing the four new contractors that will administer the program. The contractors will be responsible for... Read more...

House Dems request RAC program audit

July 16, 2008 — 12:59pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Citing problems with its implementation--a fancy way of saying that many providers feel they've been unfairly hassled or even ripped off--two House leaders have asked the Government Accountability... Read more...

CMS: RAC program has recovered more than $1B

July 14, 2008 — 10:42am ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

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