Industry Notes:
Put Off RAC Recoupments, Study Urges CMS
Published on Fri Mar 27, 2015
A new study shows why Medicare should delay recoupment of RAC-denied claims until after the ALJ hearing. A study by Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, commissioned by the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, shows that the program is paying out a big chunk of its recovered payments in interest to those providers whose appeals succeed at the Administrative Law Judge level. [...]