The AHA urged Congress to take the following action:
1. To remove the financial incentives that encourage RACs to deny claims;
2. Reduce payments to RACs with a high rate of overturned denials;
3. Allow RAC reviews to consider only the medical documentation available when the admission decision was made; and
4. Allow hospitals sufficient time to rebill denied inpatient admissions under Medicare Part B.
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