title: How to staff for RACs.
abstract: To meet the challenges presented by recovery audit contractors (RACs), hospitals should perform six tasks that require appropriate investments in staff: conduct a financial risk assessment of the impact of RAC reviews on the organization; establish a RAC team and assign a coordinator; receive and fill RAC requests; track RAC activity; manage RAC appeals; analyze RAC audit outcomes.
authors.affiliation: HealthPort, Alpharetta, GA, USA. Lori.Brocato@HealthPort.com
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brocato
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirschl
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padfield
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D032982:Contracts; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006761:Hospitals; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020416:Outsourced Services; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D014481:United States