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Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) say they're laying all their cards on the table -- via provider outreach and RAC websites -- showing you how they'll go about recouping improper payments from your practice. However, they still have a few cards up their auditor sleeves.

The first batches of the swine flu vaccine, recently proven effective with one dose for most people, will arrive in 25 states and many major cities next week - as early as Monday in some areas, according to published reports.

Most Medicare patients don't have any problems accessing a provider - in fact, many areas are overserved by medical practices. That's what the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a new report, commissioned by Congress and physician groups to see if beneficiary access to providers was lacking.

Find all 585 price changes on the Average Sales Price (ASP) Part B drug list in our Part B News Library (the file is titled "ASP Chart Q409"). This 12-page analysis is available to Part B News subscribers for free as part of their subscription.

You and your peers might have to wait even longer for a new CMS administrator if and when the Obama administration nominates someone to head the agency. GOP senators have threatened to delay confirmation of HHS nominees if HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius does not remove a "gag order" on Medicare Advantage plans.

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