tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 7

Compliance: Check Audit Worries at the Door With These 7 Steps

Be ahead of the charge with a fail-safe, audit-response plan. No matter how careful you are Medicare audits happen. But how you respond and prepare can make all the difference when the auditors come to call. If a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) or another audit contractor sends you a scary letter that your agency has been scheduled for an audit — often the next morning to give you little time to prepare — it’s easy to panic. “The first response to audits is fear,” Vera Watkins, RN, CNOR, CHA, CHCO, OHCC, CCRC, perioperative nurse at Retina...

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