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The RAC program has been controversial ever since its inception when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted the program to identify and correct Medicare improper payments through the detection of overpayments and underpayments made on healthcare claims.

Getting the most out of an E/M audit can be as simple as paying extra attention to common coding and documentation errors, common exam mistakes, and Medical Decision Making (MDM) mistakes.

Healthcare fraud and abuse has the Department of Health & Human Services on the offense, poised and ready to strike. They’ve put measures in place to boost quality of care while reducing the government’s spending.

The OIG’s annual Work Plan is an important asset for optimizing your organization’s compliance and auditing efforts because it allows you to identify possible compliance risks.

The OIG’s annual Work Plan is an important asset for optimizing your organization’s compliance and auditing efforts because it allows you to identify possible compliance risks. In reviewing the 2016 OIG Work Plan, there are a total of 25 projects for audit under the OIG audit umbrella:

The OIG’s annual Work Plan is an important asset for optimizing your organization’s compliance and auditing efforts because it allows you to identify possible compliance risks. In reviewing the 2016 OIG Work Plan, there are a total of 25 projects for audit under the OIG audit umbrella: three new...

Providers have long struggled to find the most efficient way to take, keep, and share important patient records. Before technology gave us the digital age and electronic file sharing, healthcare staff spent hours tracking down charts or attempting to decode terrible handwriting.

The OIG published its Work Plan for 2016 on November 2, 2015. The annually published plan details the OIG’s audit enforcement priorities for 2016. The Plan is useful for healthcare providers as it allows you to identify potential compliance risks and fine-tune your current compliance and auditing...