AHA webinar Dec. 13 to review RAC policy updates, latest survey data
Hospital representatives are invited to learn more about recent policy activities impacting the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program during a webinar Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. ET. AHA staff will provide an update on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ award of new RAC contracts, the latest on CMS’s reopened settlement offer for hospitals appealing denials of certain inpatient status claims and what health care providers can expect moving forward. Webinar participants also will receive an update on the latest results from the AHA’s RACTrac survey. The free web-based survey helps AHA gauge the impact of Medicare RACs and advocate for needed changes to the program. For more on the survey, visit www.org/RACTrac.
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