Statement Of Work For Medicare Advantage Recovery Audit Contractor, Request For Comment

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to launch recovery audit contractors (RAC) for the Medicare Advantage program. CMS has been operating Medicare RAC programs for Parts A and B since January 2010. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) calls for the Medicare RAC program to be expanded to cover Medicare Advantage plans. On December 22, 2015, CMS released a draft statement of work; responses were due by February 1, 2016. The statement of work is an outline of how the expansion might be achieved . . .