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Medicare RAC and General Information (see below)

Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Information

• Additional Insights on Recent ADRs from CGI (2/9/10 - password required)
• Initial Record Requests from CGI (2/1/10 - password required)
• RAC DRG Validation Audits of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) - (1/28/10 - password required)
• New RAC Audit Issues for Illinois (1/11/10 - password required)
• Notifying IHA/MCHC of RAC Demand Letters (11/4/09 - password required)
• RAC Questions & Answers from August 26 Provider Outreach (10/16/09 - password required)
  - RAC Q&A Update (11/3/09 - password required)
• First Illinois RAC Audit Issues (10/13/09 - password required)
• Recording Available of August 26 Provider Outreach Program (10/2/09 - password required)
• Identification of RAC Contact for CGI (7/27/09 - password required)
• Medicare RAC Comes to Illinois (7/22/09 - password required)
• RAC Demand Letter Sample (6/4/09 - password required)
• GNYHA RAC TRACKER Tool Available to Member Hospitals (5/19/09 - password required)
• Request for RAC-related Questions (5/15/09 - password required)
• RAC Resources from AHA (5/1/09 - password required)
• Resumption of RAC Review Process (2/11/09 - password required)
• Medicare RAC Slide Set (2/5/09 - password required)
• Amended Appeals Results of RAC Reviews in the Demonstration States (1/20/09)
• CMS Final Report on the Three-Year Demonstration Project (7/17/08)
• New Medicare Appeal Process (6/5/08)

General Information

• IHA Membership Dues Allocable to Lobbying Expenditures (1/22/10 - password required)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1414-P -- Proposed Changes to Hospital Outpatient PPS and CY2010 Payment Rates (8/31/09 - password required)
• Comment Letter: CMS 2552-10 and CMS 10097 -- Agency Information Collection Activities (8/31/09 -  password required)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1406-P -- Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to Hospital Inpatient PPS for Acute Care Hospitals and FY2010 Rates (6/30/09)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1538-P -- Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY2010 (6/25/09)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1495-NC -- Medicare Program: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Payment Update for Rate Year Beginning July 1, 2009 (6/25/09)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1410-P -- Medicare Program: PPS and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY2010 (6/25/09)
• Comment Letter: CMS 1337-IFC -- Medicare Program: Revisions to FY2009 Medicare Severity Long-Term Care Diagnosis-Related Group Weights (6/25/09)
• Mandatory Reporting of Workers' Compensation and Liability Payments to Medicare Beneficiaries (5/14/09)
• New Illinois Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) (1/8/09)
• Uncompensated Hospital Care Cost Fact Sheet (American Hospital Association - Oct. 2007) 
   

Technical Bulletins

Staff Contact: Tom Jendro: (630) 276-5516