Thank you all for the work on this. I will add it in. Please let me know by Wednesday if you would like any changes made.
Brianna Lindell
Regulatory Affairs & Advocacy Manager
Minnesota Home Care Association
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On Behalf Of Brand, Vickie K
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 7:04 AM
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Subject: RE: RAC Notification for the Informer
Thanks Jen! That’s a great suggestion to include the link to the audit page. Here is the updated version with the “Performant” link going directly to the approved audit issues page:
RAC Audit Activity
Some of our member agencies have reported that they are receiving audit requests from the Recovery Audit Contractor (Performant). From
what we can tell, the RAC is requesting the medical records for a 60-day period of one patient, with dates of service in 2019-2020. The request letters have been arriving via the USPS. If your home health agency has never had a RAC audit review, you may
want to go to their website and update your
contact information.
Contact Brianna with any questions (delete if you want Brianna
😊).
Vickie Brand, BSN, RN, PHN
Compliance and Privacy Consultant Senior • Allina Health
Mail Route 10839 • 2925 Chicago Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55407
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Sorry everyone, the below email was sent before I finished the email message.
Vickie, thanks for putting the article together for the Informer. I was going to suggest adding the link below from the Performant website which lists the current ‘Approved RAC audits’. There is only one
audit listed for home health at this time.
St. Luke’s received a RAC audit for one patient back in November of 2021, with results received in January 2022. We haven’t seen anything since then.
Thanks again,
Jen
Jennifer Stark, RHIA
Health Information & Compliance Coordinator
Home Care and Hospice
220 North 6th Ave. East | Duluth, MN 55805
Phone: 218-249-6147 | Fax: 218-249-6166
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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 4:36 PM
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Subject: RE: RAC Notification for the Informer
https://www.performantcorp.com/cms-rac/cms-rac-resources/cms-approved-audit-issues/
Jennifer Stark, RHIA
Health Information & Compliance Coordinator
Home Care and Hospice
220 North 6th Ave. East | Duluth, MN 55805
Phone: 218-249-6147 | Fax: 218-249-6166
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Subject: RAC Notification for the Informer
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Hi All,
Here is the RAC article that we talked about for the next Informer. Feel free to make any changes!!
RAC Audit Activity
Some of our member agencies have reported that they are receiving audit requests from the Recovery Audit Contractor (Performant).
From what we can tell, the RAC is requesting the medical records for a 60-day period of one patient, with dates of service in 2019-2020. The request letters have been arriving via the USPS. If your home health agency has never had a RAC audit review, you
may want to go to their website and update your
contact information.
Contact Brianna with any questions (delete if you want Brianna
😊).
Vickie Brand, BSN, RN, PHN
Compliance and Privacy Consultant Senior • Allina Health
Mail Route 10839 • 2925 Chicago Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55407
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