RAC audits now a potential risk for physicians
Recovery Auditor Report, March 18, 2010
While physician services have not been the target of RACs since early in the demonstration project, the approval of MUEs by Connolly and HDI puts them back on the RAC radar. (Editor’s note: CGI had approved the issue as well, but has since removed it.)
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