Recovery Audit Contractors, or "RACs," were created at the direction of Congress under Section 306 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 for the purpose of detecting and correcting improper payments in the Medicare Fee for Service program. Initially a demonstration project covering three states (California, New York, and Florida) and lasting three years, the success of the project has resulted in a permanent, nationwide recovery program scheduled to be in place by January 1, 2010...
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