Federal government sued over privatized Medicare audits

[JURIST] Five hospitals filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] against the US Department of Health and Human Services [official website] in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] Thursday over what they contend is a scheme to deny them reimbursement from Medicare [official website] for necessary medical services. The coalition, led by the American Hospital Association (AHA) [advocacy website; case backgrounder], alleges that Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) [official profile], private contractors that assess overpayment and underpayments in...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/federal-government-sued-over-privatized-medicare-audits.php

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