Seventy percent of hospitals indicated they experienced inpatient coding denials, which was the most commonly cited reason for RAC denials in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Concerning costs, 53 percent of hospitals reported spending more than $10,000 managing the RAC process during the fourth quarter of 2014, 32 percent reported spending more than $25,000 and 8 percent reported spending more than $100,000.
Since the AHA began the RACTrac survey in January 2010, 2,545 hospitals have participated, with 879 hospitals providing information in the fourth quarter of 2014.
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