title: Responding to the recovery audit contractor program: a system-wide approach.
abstract: After a long development period, the national Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is now fully operational Read about how one large hospital system structured its RAC team and management process.
authors.affiliation: Recovery Audit Service, Ministry Health Care, Weston, Wis, USA. larry.hegland@ministryhealth.org
authors.forename: Larry T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Hegland
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tulbane
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D020416:Outsourced Services; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States