Home Health & Hospice Week

With an influx of new payment and program integrity contractors potentially making your life more difficult, refer to this list to keep them straight. Recovery Audit Contractors Region A (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) -- Diversified Collection Services (DCS), Livermore, Calif., 12.45 percent contingency fee. Region B (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) -- CGI Technologies and Solutions, Fairfax, Va., 12.5 percent contingency fee. Region C (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico) -- Connolly Consulting Associates, Wilton, Conn., 9 percent contingency fee. Region D (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) -- HealthDataInsights, Las Vegas, 9.49 percent contingency fee. States in the first RAC wave rolling out now -Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana,Maine, [...]