You can never be too prepared for the recovery audit contractors (RAC), regardless of when they come to your facility.

The following are some tips to help your facility get RAC ready:

Create a RAC operational team/steering committee at your facility. Include members from HIM/coding, PFS, utilization management/utilization review, nursing, administrative representation, ancillary department heads (therapy, etc.), decision support, finance, information technology, compliance/legal, a medical director, and a nurse auditor. Additionally, identify a physician champion.