Ten lessons learned from the RAC demonstration program
Health Care Auditing Strategies, July 1, 2009
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by Andrea Kraynak, CPC-A
The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) demonstration project has come and gone, but many providers learned valuable lessons during the process. Consider the following advice from providers and other experts who have experienced RACs first-hand and lived to tell about it:
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