RAC -Recovery audit contractor was made to identify and recover improper medicare payments.
Corporate compliance programmes are to ensure an organization works according to the rules and regulations. The programme is to assist providers and agents to have good internal control
The impact of RAC is that it can detect and correct the past improper payments so that the CMS or MACs can prevent the future improper payments. They also assess the medical necessity and whether they received billed home health services and durable medical equipments. So its impact and acceptability is more than any corporate compliance programs.
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