Session 1 of the Series: Surviving a RAC Attack: Strategies to Reduce Financial Risk

Description:
Understanding the objectives of the program reveals what RACs will examine and how they will operate. Once you recognize the threat, you can properly prepare—before they contact your agency. You will receive an overview of the RAC program and how it will function, along with helpful insights into some of the greatest concerns to your homecare agency.

This session will discuss:

• The CMS rationale for the RAC program and how it came to be
• The RACs objectives—who they are, how they will operate
• How to respond to a RAC request for information
• Major concerns facing homecare agencies
• Coverage, utilization, and practice issues at risk

Presenters:Diane J. Omdahl and Pam Warmack

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Session Times: 1–2 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT)
2–3 p.m. Eastern • 12–1 p.m. Mountain • 11–12 p.m. Pacific

Beacon Health is a Division of HCPro, Inc.

HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation

This educational activity for 1.0 (per session) nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc.