News: RACTrac reporting halted temporarily

Every quarter since January 2014, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has collected and published survey data from its member facilities regarding government audit activities in its RACTrac surveys, reports, and related webinars. Although new Recovery Auditor contracts were awarded in October, the agencies won’t begin their reviews until sometime during the early months of 2017. In a message to members, the AHA encouraged hospitals to continue to monitor and record any CMS-related auditor activities including appeals, settlements, and claims’ reviews and communicate such data when the survey resumes in April.

Editor’s note: For additional information regarding recent Recovery Auditor development read “News: Court orders Medicare appeal backlog cleared by 2020.”