At the June 17 healthcare fraud summit, Peter Budetti, deputy administrator of the Center for Program Integrity, agreed to look into complaints about burdensome audits. Medicare audit programs include comprehensive error rate testing contractors, zone program integrity contractors and recovery audit contractors.
Groups such as the AAHomecare’s Regulatory Council, have argued for greater consistency in auditors’ requests for documentation, among other recommendations.
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