SAVE THE DATE 2009 North Carolina Health Care Provider Conference: Confronting Quality & Cost Challenges September 24, 2009 The Westin Charlotte 601 South College Street Charlotte, North Carolina 11:30 a.m., Registration Noon, Program 5 p.m., Cocktail Reception (Sponsored by Marsh) Registration Fee – $35 McGuireWoods LLP invites you to save the date for our annual [...]

Four of our colleagues at McGuireWoods — Alilson Mikula, Brent Rawlings, Elissa Moore and Tom Stallings — have collaborated on the following short update about the first lawsuit challenging a RAC re-opening of claims filed by a hospital. Please click below to view the update. document.getElementById(“post-713-blankimage”).onload();

 Below is a recent listserve published by the  McGuireWoods LLP health care group. Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Update – Spring 2009 This listserve is a continuation of a series of listserves updating our clients on developments surrounding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) claims and activity Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). Future updates will [...]

RAC Audit Preparation – 7 Key Steps By: Elissa Moore and Lainey Gilmer   After a short delay, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) roll-out of the Recovery Audit Contractor (“RAC”) program will be implemented in all states by the year 2010.  As of March 1, 2009, the four national RACs[1] have commenced [...]

RAC Appeals By Elissa Moore and Jessica Smith The RAC program, authorized by Congress in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and made permanent in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, is intended to detect and correct improper payments in the Medicare program.  More than 1 billion Medicare claims are submitted every [...]

On February 6, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the bid protests to the recovery audit contractor program (RAC) program had been settled and the RAC implementation could proceed. The RAC program, authorized by Congress in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and made permanent in the Tax Relief and [...]

The January 2009 edition of the North Carolina Healthcare Report is now available. Please click here. document.getElementById(“post-428-blankimage”).onload();

This legal update was written by one of our colleagues at McGuireWoods. Please contact him directly with any inquiries you may have: R. Brent Rawlings 804.775.1126 rbrawlings@mcguirewoods.com There continue to be a number of developments surrounding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) claims and activity Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). Provided below is a [...]

One of our colleagues at McGuireWoods has authored a white paper on Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors. For a copy of the white paper, please visit  Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs): What Providers Need to Know and How to Prepare. document.getElementById(“post-307-blankimage”).onload();