New legal niche in ‘Medicare audits’ emerges 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 7, 2009
Tags: health law, Medicare, RAC audits
A budding legal niche is developing in health care law in light of a new program focused on recovering money owed to Medicare from incorrect billing by health care providers.
The program, known as the Recovery Audit Contractors (“RACs”) program, began in 2005 as a demonstration project in three states and is scheduled for roll-out to the rest of the country in the coming year.
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