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Expect More RAC Attacks In The Future

Published on Tue Mar 16, 2010

And CMS is going to take RAC-discovered vulnerabilities more seriously. If you haven't heard from Medicare's new claims recoupment bounty hunters yet, that is likely to change sooner than you may think. Recovery Audit Contractors have already targeted a score of durable medical equipment topics for review, and hospice and home health agency topics are likely to be next. More RAC heat may be on the way, since President Obama signed an executive order last month giving RACs more fuel. The executive order targets waste and fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs, the White House says in a release. The order praises the work of RACs, which receive financial incentives to find improper payments. RACs "have been demonstrated through pilot programs to be highly effective," the White House cheers. "In fact, expanded use of payment recapture audits could return at least $2 billion in taxpayer money over the [...]
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