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Recovery Audit Contractors:

Don't Double Dip with Hospital Visits

Published on Wed Apr 16, 2014

Tip: Incorrect coding will invite RAC scrutiny. If your doctor is billing for seeing an inpatient in the morning with an initial hospital care code and then again for seeing her in the afternoon with the subsequent care code, you’d better be ready for increased attention from at least one recovery audit contractor (RAC). Background: When CMS started the RAC [...]
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