Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Medicare Names New National Recovery Audit Contractor For Home Health, Hospice & DME
Published on Thu Nov 10, 2016
Expect more Recovery Audit Contractor scrutiny, thanks to the new contract awarded for a national RAC focused on postpay review of DMEPOS, home health and hospice claims nationally.
Performant Recovery Inc. is the new Region 5 MAC. More information about RACs is at www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Monitoring-Programs/Medicare-FFS-CompliancePrograms/Recovery-Audit-Program/index.html.
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