RACs are coming: Use these three strategies for success
Health Care Auditing Strategies, April 1, 2009
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Evaluating all the assets, strengths, and weaknesses in your revenue cycle will be crucial to formulating a seamless process to ensure that issues are identified and corrected before the RAC identifies them. Additionally, processes for data mining and early detection can assist with RAC appeal work. Despite most facilities’ best efforts, there will inevitably be occasion for an appeal.
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