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Senators introduce audit legislation
June 4, 2013HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., recently introduced a Senate companion bill to the Medicare Audit Improvement Act, which was re-introduced in the House in March, according to news reports. The bill seeks to improve the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, among other Medicare auditing programs. Lawmakers hope the bill can strike a balance between identifying fraud and alleviating auditing burdens on providers. “While I believe we must continue to identify and...