tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 14

Recovery Audit Contractors: Correct These Issues To Stay Out Of The RACs' Field Of Vision

Brush up on these five high-error areas. If you have recently heard from recovery audit contractors (RACs), then you can expect them to go over claims with a fine-toothed comb to recover overpayments made to your practice. Remember the RAC takes a cut of the money which is recovered, so they have an interest in being thorough. Make sure you know what you can do to head off RAC headaches before they begin. RAC Issue 1: Place of Service Coding The RACs recently revealed to CMS "that some physicians were incorrectly reporting place of service (POS) as office (11)...

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