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| JustCoding.com |
| March 2008 |
| Recovery audit contractors collect $371.5 million in improper payments |
| On February 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the recovery audit contractor (RAC) demonstration program had collected or repaid $371.5 million to healthcare providers during fiscal year 2007. The demonstration program began in California, Florida, and New York--the three states that process the largest number of Medicare claims. The goal of the demonstration project was to lower the Medicate payment error rate. |
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