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	<title>RAC Assistance for Hospice</title>
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	<description>Dealing with the Recovery Audit Contractors</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>RAC 101 Teleconference for Hospice and Home Health - Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS provided a one and a half hour RAC 101 teleconference to hospice and home health providers on May 4th.   It became apparent quite quickly that although the teleconference was provided for hospice and home health, the information presented was generic to all providers.   The slide presentation (click here to view) contained basic RAC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAC 101s scheduled by CMS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS has announced that it will be providing a series of RAC 101 conference calls presented by CMS staff.  These conference calls will be similar to the outreach sessions provided prior to the RAC roll out last year and the content is likely to be the same as the recently posted CMS RAC  101 presentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The OIG wants RACs to step up efforts to identify fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report in February 2010 called Recovery Audit Contractors&#8217; Fraud Referrals.  The purpose of the report was to conduct an in-depth study of: 1) the extent to which RACs  referred instances of potential fraud to CMS during the three year demonstration  and 2) the extent to which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama likes the RACs and wants more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 10, 2010, President Obama issued a memorandum to all heads of executive departments and agencies regarding finding and recapturing improper payments.  As part of continuing efforts to combat fraud, waste and abuse throughout the government, President Obama is expanding the the use of  &#8220;Payment Recapture Audits.&#8221;    Payment recapture audits are what recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Related / not related? Not a slam dunk.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last RAC Assistance for Hospice Newsletter alerted hospices to the fact that HealthDataInsights, the RAC for Region D, has received approval from CMS to review two hospice-related issues.   Given that we are all new at this and don&#8217;t know how it will impact hospices, here are some thoughts&#8230;
These two issues most likely fall into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s starting&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HealthDataInsights (HDI), the RAC for Region D, has posted two approved issues related to hospice.  RACs must submit an issue to CMS for approval before it can conduct an automated (without a medical record) or complex (with a medical record) review.  CMS has approved two issues related to hospice for HDI to begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of Decade Regulatory List</title>
		<link>http://www.racassistance.com/j/index.php?option=com_wordpress&amp;p=373&amp;Itemid=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the end of the year.  It is the end of the first decade of this not so new anymore century.  We can&#8217;t resist the temptation to make a list of the Top Ten Hospice Regulatory Challenges of the Past Ten Years.  Here they are - in no particular order:
1.  Complying with the HIPAA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAC Update 11/30/09</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka the health care reform bill currently under consideration by the Senate) has implications for the RACs.  Of most relevance in this 2074 page bill is Section 6411 which seeks to expand RACs to Medicare Parts C and D by 12/31/2010.  The RAC program would also be expanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How vulnerable is your hospice to RAC scrutiny?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is a good time to determine your hospice&#8217;s level of risk exposure  to overpayment recoupment from your RAC. Although the RACs have not kicked in yet and may not for several more months, conducting an assessment now can give you a better sense of how vulnerable your hospice might be and how much you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t line RAC pockets with your hard earned Medicare reimbursements</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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You do not need to be afraid of the RACs.  Making certain that your hospice can withstand whatever RAC scrutiny may come your way is not as hard as it may seem at times.  The RACs are not yet targeting hospices and there is an opportunity NOW to make certain that each and [...]]]></description>
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