The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its fiscal year (FY) 2013 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program report to Congress, as required by federal law. The RAC program was implemented nationwide in 2009 to identify, correct, and prevent improper Medicare and Medicaid payments through review of beneficiary claims data. Once again, the data reported by CMS stands in stark contrast to the experience of O&P practitioners on the front lines of providing healthcare to Medicare beneficiaries.
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