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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies (Single Article)

The RAC project: Coming to a state near you?
November 2006

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Recovery program may go national Editor's note: This article is the first in a two-part series. In May 2005, CMS launched the recovery audit contract (RAC) project to analyze DRG assignments in California, New York, and Florida. Medicare awarded three contractors the rights to look for incorrect DRG assignments and corresponding payment errors in these states. The project has been in full swing for more than a year and is slated to conclude in 2008. Or is it? Nancy Hirschl, BS, CCS, president of Hirschl and Associates in Laguna Niguel, CA, says the RAC program may be headed to your state-and every other state in the country, for that matter.

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