title: Whacked by RAC.
abstract: Some health care leaders describe the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors program as "insane" in its current form and complain that it imposes a crushing burden on hospitals, even though most claims denials are overturned on appeal. Can RAC be fixed?
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States