Concerning costs, 50 percent of hospitals reported spending more than $10,000 managing the RAC process during the second quarter of 2015, 30 percent reported spending more than $25,000 and 7 percent spent more than $100,000.
Since the AHA began the RACTrac survey in January 2010, 2,565 hospitals have participated, and 819 hospitals provided information in the second quarter of 2015.
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