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Web Exclusive: RAC Tip: How to Determine Inpatient Admission Date, Time
While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released guidance on hospital inpatient admission decisions, it...
Baptist Health South Florida doubles profit in fiscal 2010
Baptist Health South Florida more than doubled its income in fiscal year 2010 as its hospitals attracted more...
CMS Holds First Nationwide RAC Call
In the first of four scheduled nationwide RAC calls, CMS began the first portion with a basic summary of the RAC...
Magazine: Look for Underpayments on Internal RAC Audits
Many hospitals are trembling in fear of what the nationwide rollout of CMS' Recovery Audit Contractor program will do...
Web Exclusive: Let's Discuss the RAC Discussion Period
It seems that many providers still struggle to understand the Recovery Audit Contractor discussion period that CMS has...
Web Exclusive: Have a RAC Question? CMS Has Some Answers
While none of the newest Recovery Audit Contractor FAQs released by CMS are particularly surprising, they are perhaps a...
Be Prepared for Recovery Audit Contractors
A three-year pilot program launched in 2006 helped CMS start taking a much closer look at Medicare claims, processes...
RAC Protest Resolved: CMS to Continue RAC Program Implementation
CMS announced February 6 the permanent RAC program is once again underway as the RAC bid protests filed by Viant, Inc...
Web Exclusive: Ready or Not, Here Come the RACs
Recovery audit contractors are coming, if not this year then next. And they will be authorized to look through your...
Scariest Halloween Costume: RAC Man
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with its permanent RAC initiative despite the...

Book: The HIM Director's Handbook, Second Ed.
This second edition is an updated version of the earlier best seller and details everything you need to know to direct...
Audio Conference: Physician Supervision for Hospital Outpatient services
During this 90-minute intermediate-level audio conference, our speakers will explain the requirements and walk through...
Audio Conference: Manage Revenue Integrity and Audit Activity
During this 90-minue audio conference, our speakers will explain how to work across departments and build a strong...
Audio Conference: PEPPER for Critical Access Hospitals: Identify Your Audit Risk
During this 90-mintue audio conference, our speakers will explain PEPPER and tell you how to use your report to...
Audio Conference: 2012 IPPS Final Rule Explained
This 90-minute audio conference is your life line. Our experts comb the rule and pull out the information you need to...
Audio Conference: Physician Supervision in Hospital Outpatient Departments
Physician supervision in the outpatient setting is always difficult to get your hands around . You need to understand...
Webcast: PEPPER Report 2012: Improve your organization’s Medicare claims profile
During this 90-minute webcast, our experts will show you how to simplify the 2012 PEPPER report, use its data to...
Audio Conference: 2013 IPPS Final Rule Highlights and New Initiatives
This 90-minute audio conference is your life line. Our experts comb the rule and pull out the information you need to...
Audio Conference: Physician Supervision: Meet requirements in hospital outpatient departments
During this 90-minute audio conference, Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC will review requirements for supervision and...
Audio Conference: Optimizing PEPPER in the Audit Environment
Our experts cover changes to PEPPER, as well as provide advanced techniques and strategies for incorporating the data...