Payer audits: commercial payers pick up where Medicare leaves off

Commercial health insurers usually recognize a good idea when the government has one, and they are once again following Medicare's lead by increasing the number of claims they audit. Many providers are seeing an uptick- -sometimes a very sharp one--in requests for additional documentation on patient charges, even though Medicare's Recovery Audit Program has been in a lull lately while it revamps.
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