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Could RAC Mass Adjustment Changes Mean More Automatic Audits?
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, November 4, 2009
CMS first came out with a RAC-oriented mass adjustment process in 2007, but the changes should make it easier for the RACs. "Basically they can just run reports now," Hoy explains.
And if the back-end work involved in processing mass quantities of automatic denials decreases for the RACs, does it mean an increase in their ability to further audit healthcare providers?
We may have to wait until April 5, 2010, when the changes take effect, to find out.
Andrea Kraynak, CPC, is senior managing editor of Medical Records Briefing and HIM Connection. She may be reached at akraynak@hcpro.com.
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