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PHYSICIAN AUDITS

RAC Auditor Profits

by RacGuru on May 4, 2012

in RAC News

When your business revolves around what the government has created…you end up being the tail that is wagged. HMS Holdings, one of the largest RAC auditing companies profits drop from $9.82 million to $7.04 million dollars. Let me hear all the docs in unison: boo hoo, we feel so sorry for you! There are not [...]

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Food for Thought

by Winston on August 18, 2010

in Uncategorized

On July 28th, a report was sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from the Inspector General’s office that will have widespread attention in the near future. And it’s without question a physician issue, not a hospital one. If you’re a doctor it will affect your wallet or purse, so you might want to know this.

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Medical Necessity Has Arrived

by Winston on August 11, 2010

in RAC News,Uncategorized

Brace yourself and get ready for a rough ride. For over a year now, whenever the subject of medical necessity has been raised, the standard response from CMS has been “medical necessity is not being reviewed at the present time”, or close variations thereof. “At the present time” gave goosebumps to those who follow the RAC auditing program closely. The other shoe would fall, we just didn’t know when.

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