tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 30

Physicians: 'Bounty Hunters' Don't Yet Have Docs On Radar

Physicians must supervise nurse anesthetists in New Jersey.Physicians have been bracing themselves for another layer of scrutiny over their Medicare claims, this time from the Recovery Audit Contractors, which receive payments based on the amount of money they recoup from providers. However, doctors can breathe a little easier for now. The RACs were supposed to begin auditing providers in California, New York and Florida in May.  But so far no physicians appear to have heard from them, according to William Rogers, a physician who runs the Physician Regulatory Issues Team at the Centers for Medicare and...

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