Medicare Recovery Audit Contracting : Weaknesses Remain in Addressing Vulnerabilities to Improper Payments, Although Improvements Made to Contractor Oversight.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting.

Public contracts.

Government productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Report examining CMS implementation of recovery audit contractor (RAC) demonstration pilot program, which detects and corrects improper payments in the Medicare program, focusing on CMS actions to address vulnerabilities identified by RAC program regarding improper payments, CMS resolution of RAC and Medicare coordination issues, and CMS oversight of RAC claim review accuracy and provider service.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Medicare Recovery Audit Contracting

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