In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on July 11, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) asked the GAO to undertake a study of the Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) demonstration program. Citing the fact that there had been “numerous reports of problems with the implementation of the program” and the “substantial challenges” that arose during the pilot program, the letter requested that GAO review the program before its permanent implementation begins later this summer.
Specifically, the chairmen asked that the GAO examine changes made in response to lessons learned during the pilot program, including CMS oversight of auditing efforts. Read the letter.
