Audits:
DON'T GET FLOODED BY FIRST RAC WAVE
Published on Tue Mar 03, 2009
Home health likely target for claims review, expert predicts. Home health providers are keeping a close watch on Medicare's new bounty hunters' intentions toward the industry to see whether--and how much - they'll suffer under the new program. The first wave of Recovery Audit Contractors began its rollout in March, noted Marie Casey with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at a recent trade group conference. The RACs for 24 states had the green light to conduct provider outreach, analyze claims, and send out requests for medical record review beginning last month, Casey noted at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice's March on Washington conference March 23. Disappointment: But Casey had no details to share on whether any or all of the four RACs will target home care claims and if so, which ones. RACs are the "800-pound gorilla" in Medicare right now, said one conference attendee in [...]
