{"id":2620,"date":"2013-05-06T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:08:31","slug":"protecting-your-practice-against-rac-audits-with-the-help-of-efficient-medical-billing-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/protecting-your-practice-against-rac-audits-with-the-help-of-efficient-medical-billing-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Your Practice Against RAC Audits With the Help of Efficient Medical Billing Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Efficient medical billing practices can make or break your medical practice and if anything can verify this statement, it is an RAC audit. RAC audits of Recovery Audit Contractor audits are nothing short of a nightmare for any healthcare provider.<\/p>\n

Medicare and Medicaid are two healthcare carriers that provide coverage and reimburse physicians and hospitals for the services they provide to patients covered under these carriers. However, medical practitioners are known to receive over-payments due to incorrect claims or erroneous coding at the time of medical billing. In essence, government tries to ensure patients\u2019 best interest and control the rate of fraud, error or wastage by putting RAC audits in place. But the resultant inconvenience caused to a medical practice in the event of an RAC audit is nothing short of disastrous.<\/p>\n

Not only is error-free coding and meticulous book keeping of paramount importance, subsequent adjustment of office accounts can play an important role in case an RAC audit actually happens. To protect your practice against RAC audits, you must put efficient medical billing practices<\/a> in place \u2013<\/p>\n