title: Physicians on the RAC: Medicare bounty hunters come calling.
abstract: Medicare is trying to recoup improperly paid claims through its new Recovery Audit Program. When tested in other states, physicians hated it because it created massive paperwork nightmares for them and other health care professionals and took a huge bite out of hospital and physician practice revenues.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States