The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers the Medicare program, awarded Connolly Healthcare the contract to provide recovery audit services mandated by the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is a cost containment effort aimed to reduce improper payments within Medicare programs as well as identify process improvements to reduce or eliminate future improper payments.
Connolly is tasked with auditing
Region C, which consists of the states of:
AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NM, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV and the territories of
Puerto Rico and
U.S. Virgin Islands. The RAC Program’s Mission:
"To reduce Medicare improper payments through efficient detection and collection of overpayments, the identification of underpayments, and the implementation of actions that will prevent future improper payments.”
For additional information about the program, visit the following websites: