RAC Audits Now a Potential Risk for Physicians
Two of the four RACs added Medically Unlikely Edits to their list of CMS-approved issues earlier this year, which gives RACs a new set of issues to study, including physician services. While physician services have not been the target of RACs since early in the demonstration project, the approval of MUEs by Connolly and HDI puts them back on the RAC radar.
Seniors Often Get Inappropriate Drugs in ED, Says Study
It is common for patients 65 and older to get potentially inappropriate medications when treated in emergency departments, a new University of Michigan Health System study has found. Nearly 19.5 million older patients, or 16.8% of eligible emergency visits from 2000-2006, received one or more potentially inappropriate medications, said the study.
