Recovery Audit Contractors
RACs are being deployed on an expedited rollout schedule. All areas of your facility can be at risk: facility E/M, surgical procedures, one-day stays and observation are all high on their radar. RAC will transcend all departments and must be treated as a direct assault upon your revenue. Your facility doesn’t have time to prepare. That’s where we come in.
HCPro’s Revenue Cycle Institute offers an array of products and services to help you combat and prepare for Recovery Audit Contractors.
- Just Added for March 2009: Recovery Audit Contractor Defense: A RAC Readiness Summit
- Consulting services
- Education and training
- The RAC Report, a biweekly e-newsletter
- News
CMS resources
CMS announced contractors for the permanent program on Monday, October 6.
To read more from CMS, click here.
In addition, CMS released two reports evaluating the demonstration program. Click on the links below to read the reports:
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Observation status
New guidelines on calculating time for observation, as well as difficult-to-understand coverage guidelines, make observation a perfect target for the new permanent RACs. Our experts will analyze the current regulatory environment related to observation status and help you determine the appropriate patient classification. Reimbursement dollars are at stake! Learn more about our December 12 audio conference.
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CPT 2009
Do you have time to make sense of the hundreds of new CPT code changes for 2009? Our experts do. At the end of this live audio conference, your staff will be able to identify which sections of the 2009 CPT Manual saw the greatest number of revisions, demonstrate how and when to use the new CPT codes and explain the rationale for the changes. Learn more about our December 2 audio conference.
