Senate committee approves bill aimed at alleviating RAC appeal logjams
Homecare E-News, June 15, 2015
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On June 3, the Senate Finance Committee advanced legislation that centers on improving how improper Medicare payments are assessed by recovery auditors (known as RACs or RAs) and unclogging the staggering backlog of claim appeals fielded by the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA).
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