MedPAC rules out RAC program as cause of increase in observational care
Sep 20, 2010
The rise in observational care in hospitals, which nursing home providers have criticized in recent weeks, is not the fault of the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program, according to a new report...
RAC program fails to adequately reduce improper payments: GAO
Apr 05, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has fallen short in its efforts to prevent improper Medicare payments through the use of recovery audit contractors (RACs),a new Government Accountability Office...