Concerning costs, 43 percent of hospitals reported spending more than $10,000 managing the RAC process during the first quarter of 2016, 26 percent reported spending more than $25,000 and 8 percent spent more than $100,000.
Since the AHA began the RACTrac survey in January 2010, 2,578 hospitals have participated, and 730 hospitals provided information in the first quarter of 2016.
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