RAC program to go national by 2010
Health Care Auditing Strategies, June 1, 2007
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Follow experts' advice to prepare for the program
CMS has announced that the recovery audit contractor (RAC) program will expand nationwide in two phases. This spring, CMS will add one or two states to each current RAC's jurisdictions. The agency will also begin the process of selecting four RACs to bring the program nationwide by 2010. Experts agree that now is the time to prepare for the coming changes.
CMS is still determining which states it will immediately add to the current jurisdictions, says Thomas A. Hase, spokesperson for the agency. "If at all possible, CMS is trying to avoid states that will be involved in an FY [fiscal year] 2007 MAC transition." Therefore, hospitals in states that are not involved in an FY 2007 Medicare administrative contractor transition should make sure to jump-start their RAC efforts.
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