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There has been no recent recovery auditor activity. Recent Recovery Auditor activity
There has been no recent recovery auditor activity. Recent Recovery Auditor activity
There are no newly approved Recovery Auditor issues. Newly approved Recovery Auditor i
There are no newly approved Recovery Auditor issues. Newly approved Recovery Auditor issues
There are no newly approved Recovery Auditor issues. Newly approved Recovery Auditor issues
  Recent Recovery Auditor activity
  Recent Recovery Auditor activity
  Recent Recovery Auditor activity
  Newly approved Recovery Auditor issues
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
CORPORATE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT
 No new items have been posted this week.  Recent Recovery Auditor activity
There are no new RAC issues this week. Recent Recovery Auditor activity
  CMS to present an overview of the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal
AUGUST 3, 2018
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
  GAO: New payment rates for Part B lab tests may lead to billions in overpayments
DECEMBER 14, 2018
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
Boston firefighters responded to a lab fire at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in the Brighton area of t
JUNE 30, 2016
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
More than $8 million in grants will support research to aid long-term recovery in areas hard hit
Many lab managers and safety professionals tell me they cannot get staff to maintain compliance w
MARCH 24, 2016
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Laboratory safety professionals are busier than ever, so proper safety training for lab staff is
APRIL 6, 2017
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
The head of the CDC lab where workers potentially exposed their colleagues to live anthrax resign
JULY 30, 2014
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Lab safety thoughts on time travel, PPE, and misplaced food Editor’s note: In
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Q: Has CMS released further guidance on billing lab tests under the OPPS for separate paymen
For home health patients, may we accept orders for labs from a physician assistant (PA) w
We are working on a rewrite of a popular book with our lab folks, Lab Safety Made Simple
DECEMBER 17, 2015
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
To get your lab in tip-top shape for the upcoming year, have a look back at the last year’s
JANUARY 12, 2017
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Three university hospitals saw a doubling of Recovery Auditor audit activity from 2010–2011
MARCH 11, 2015
JUSTCODING
While some HIM professionals may feel a sense of relief knowing Recovery Audits are on hold for t
AUGUST 12, 2015
JUSTCODING
The controversy around Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program continues; a judge has ruled
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
The safety culture varies greatly from laboratory to laboratory. Most lab employees these
JUNE 18, 2014
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
For eight years, while performing lab safety audits, I have cited a couple of labs for having key
JANUARY 7, 2016
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
CMS recently updated its Clinical Laboratory Amendments (CLIA) for lab work at critical access ho
APRIL 12, 2016
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
To get your lab in tip-top shape for the upcoming year, have a look back at the last year’s
Q: We have been watching our payments from Medicare since all the lab bundling was
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the 2015 HCPro book, Lab Safety Tr
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
PHYSICIAN PRACTICE DEPARTMENT
Of all the Recovery Auditor denials, hospitals reported appealing about 50% with more than a 50%
Heart failure is one of the top MS-DRGs, so Recovery Auditors have focused on identifying
AUGUST 27, 2014
JUSTCODING
An automated Recovery Auditor review of discharge status codes identified improper payment
MAY 6, 2015
JUSTCODING
Outpatient coding and billing errors led to more than half of all automated denials by Recovery
This will be a big year for audits between the new Recovery Auditors hitting the ground later t
Many years ago I worked in a lab that often received dry ice in boxes with our blood product deli
AUGUST 11, 2016
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Healthcare professionals can carry the laminated card in a lab coat pocket and refer to it
Due to the continued delay in awarding new Recovery Auditor (RA) contracts, CMS made modification
If the big lab can’t get it right, we’ve got problems. It goes without saying
JULY 30, 2014
INFECTION CONTROL, QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Recovery Auditors have identified numerous potential duplicate claims from Medicare Part B provid
OCTOBER 14, 2015
JUSTCODING
Proposed Congressional legislation introduced in April would crack down on Recovery Audit Contrac
"[Recovery Auditors] are doing a really good job at identifyi
Q: We perform electrophysiology (EP) studies in our catheterization lab for outpatients
A still undetermined number of patients were affected when lab records from Community Mercy Healt
A still undetermined number of patients were affected when lab records from Community Mercy Healt
Recovery Auditors have uncovered incorrect secondary diagnoses in patients who underwent amputati
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
JUSTCODING
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the volume of recovery auditor (RAC) requests and lose track
A 17-year-old boy dressed in a white lab coat and face mask told police in West Palm Beach, Flori
JANUARY 20, 2015
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
CMS recently clarified policy on acceptable control materials for lab testing. While not changing
APRIL 26, 2016
ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
No matter where you work in healthcare, whether it's in the hospital, lab, radiology center, nurs
DECEMBER 16, 2019
NURSING DEPARTMENT
 CMS proposes aligning its conditional packaging logic with how it applies packaging to labs
Q: Are records with only one MCC noted targeted by Recovery Auditors or other audit agenci
Recovery Auditors found that 16% of Medicare CT scan claims from July 2011 to June 2012 ha
Recovery Auditors have found that modifier misuse is resulting in underpayments to provide
MAY 28, 2014
JUSTCODING
Three university hospitals saw a doubling of Recovery Auditor (RAC) audit activity from 2010&ndas
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
JUSTCODING
A Recovery Auditor review of claims from September 25, 2012, to August 30, 2013, found pro
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
JUSTCODING
Amputation and prosthetic care involve issues related to rehabilitation and recovery after the am
Amputation and prosthetic care involve issues related to rehabilitation and recovery after the am
The American Hospital Association (AHA) says that Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) reform is neede
JANUARY 13, 2015
CASE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
  As hospitals in Puerto Rico continue to struggle with recovery in the aftermath o
APRIL 1, 2018
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
JUSTCODING
JULY 9, 2014
JUSTCODING
AUGUST 20, 2014
JUSTCODING
MAY 6, 2015
JUSTCODING
JUNE 10, 2015
JUSTCODING
The Recovery Audit Program’s mission is to identify and correct Medicare improper pay-ments
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
LONG-TERM CARE DEPARTMENT
OCTOBER 8, 2014
JUSTCODING
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
JUSTCODING
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
JUSTCODING
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