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DecisionHealth stock imageYou can look forward to overpayment demand letters -- based on audits by your recovery audit contractor (RAC) -- coming from your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) or carrier, starting Jan. 1, 2012. Your MAC or carrier will now issue the demand letters, but everything else about the recoupment process will stay the same, including the 40-day discussion period and the appeals process.

Image from oig.hhs.govPatient data stored in existing electronic health record (EHR) systems isn't very secure, according to new reports from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). In an audit of seven different hospitals, the OIG uncovered 151 "vulnerabilities," of which 124 were determined to be "high impact." That term means the vulnerabilities could result in costly losses of tangible assets, may significantly harm an organization's reputation, and may even cause injury or death to patients.

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