Medicaid Primer 2012: Avoiding the Office RAC

We are entering a new milieu of CPT coding and compliance. Higher coding may not be as desirable as ‘more accurate’ coding. Hiding below the radar by not entering CPT outlier territory may be more preferable than being a well-reimbursed CPT outlier with your office serving as a bull’s eye for target practice by your friendly neighborhood state RAC auditor.

Dr. Cohen is is vice chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, District 9 and president of the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation. He has represented the American Academy of Pediatrics at the American Medical Association for many years. He said he had no relevant financial disclosures.