Lori Brocato is currently HealthPort's RCM and RACPro Product Manager and serves as our resident expert on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program. In 2009 Lori served as a monthly co-contributor in Advance Magazine for Health Information Professionals' e-newsletter, RAC ready column, that served as a "monthly RAC survival guide."
With posts to the RAC blog, HealthPort helps hospitals plan for, track and deal with RAC audits. We are committed to your success under Medicare's RAC program. Check this page often for the latest news, education and free Webinars about RAC.
HealthPort's Lori Brocato and Nancy Hirschl Start a New RAC Column for Advance magazine
In each column, Lori and Nancy will share their knowledge with you, the
health information professional. The column will serve as a monthly survival guide for Medicare's recovery audit contractor (RAC) program. The goal is to help hospitals prepare for, manage and cope with RAC throughout the coming year. As a RAC consultant in the state of California and a leading release-of-information service provider, both companies have been heavily involved with RAC since the first record request was received and the first audit was conducted nearly 4 years ago. A lot has changed and a lot of lessons have been learned.
With RAC, the burden falls on each facility to protect reimbursement dollars and stay ahead. Our column can help. Over the next 12 months, we'll explore important RAC topics such as:
* The Three Steps to RAC Preparedness
* Managing RAC Demands: Human and Technological
* Improving Clinical Documentation for RAC
* Compliance and Winning Physician Cooperation
* The Who, What and When of Appeals
* Deciding if an Appeal is Worth the Work
Click here to read the first article: Are You Ready to RAC?
We invite you to visit our column
every month and uncover the know-how, skills and techniques you need to
help your organization thrive under RAC. We will link to the articles in this blog when they come available so check back often!
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