Monthly Archives: February 2014

CMS to Temporarily Halt RAC Audits to Transition to New Contracts

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

After receiving pressure from more than 111 individual members of congress about the over aggressive nature of CMS’ RAC audit program, CMS announced earlier this week that they will temporarily halt new RAC audit requests to allow existing contracts with … Continue reading →

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ALJ Forum Light on Relief, Stakeholders Voice Frustrations

Posted on February 12, 2014 by

The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals held a forum today in Washington DC on the recently disclosed 460k Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appealed claims backlog. Chief ALJ Nancy Griswold headlined a day long event which featured updates from OMHA … Continue reading →

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