Q&A: Critical Access Hospitals
Question: Are Critical Access Hospitals safe from a RAC audit?
Answer: No. Medicare auditors can visit CAHs just as they would a larger facility, according to members of The RAC Report advisory board.
Question: Are Critical Access Hospitals safe from a RAC audit?
Answer: No. Medicare auditors can visit CAHs just as they would a larger facility, according to members of The RAC Report advisory board.
Filed Under: Access Q&A
About the Author: Dom Nicastro is a senior managing editor for HCPro, Inc.’s revenue cycle division. He manages the Patient Access Resource Center and develops training, management, and compliance products for the company’s editorial team in the areas of:
• Revenue cycle
• HIPAA
• Corporate Compliance
• Materials Management
• Patient Access
• Patient Financial Services.
Dom is the former editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, where he led the paper to the New England News Association Newspaper of the Year in 2005 and a runner-up for the same award by the New England Press Association in 2007.