AMCNO to Offer Seminar on Recovery Audit Contractors

What is a RAC? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the demonstration project in 2005 using Recovery Audit Contractors to review Medicare claims to identify underpayments and overpayments to providers in the Medicare program. The RAC contractors are paid a contingency fee based on the amount of overpayment collected. RACs recover $1 for every 20¢ spent, and 94% of their audits result in overpayment assessments. CMS is so pleased with the program that it is rolling it out nationwide in 2009 and 2010. The RAC contractor for Ohio has been chosen and should begin their audits sometime after August 1, 2009.

COME AND LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS AT THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF CLEVELAND & NORTHERN OHIO (AMCNO) SEMINAR

“HOW TO AVOID MEDICARE’S BOUNTY HUNTERS AND
WHAT TO DO IF THEY ARRIVE AT YOUR OFFICE/HOSPITAL”

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 – 6:00 P.M.

Where: AMCNO Offices - 6100 OAK TREE BLVD. LOWER LEVEL

SPEAKERS: DAVID A. VALENT, ESQ.
MARILENA DISILVIO, ESQ.
HEALTH LAW ATTORNEYS WITH REMINGER CO., L.P.A.

COST: AMCNO MEMBER OR STAFF $15.00
NON-MEMBER OR STAFF $30.00

A LIGHT DINNER WILL BE SERVED

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
Strategies for a Demand letter – how to reply, what you should and should not do.
Your Rights and Responsibilities
Steps you should take to limit your exposure to the RAC
How to stay off their radar!!

For a copy of the registration form go to the AMCNO web site at www.amcnoma.org  or call the AMCNO at 216-520-1000, ext. 102.