CMS RAC Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has retained DCS to carry out the Recovery Audit Contracting (RAC) program for Region A. The RAC program is mandated by Congress aimed at identifying Medicare improper payments. As a RAC, DCS will assist CMS by working with providers in reducing Medicare improper payments through the efficient detection and recovery of overpayments, the identification and reimbursement of underpayments and the implementation of actions that will prevent future improper payments. For more information please click on the Power Point Outreach Presentation below. This is a slightly updated version of the presentation that was given at some of the Outreach sessions.

DCS RAC Region A Outreach Presentation

The RAC Program Mission

The RACs detect and correct past improper payments so that CMS and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) can implement actions that will prevent future improper payments:

• Providers can avoid submitting claims that do not comply with Medicare rules
• CMS can lower its error rate
• Taxpayers and future Medicare beneficiaries are protected

CMS - DCS RAC Partnership

DCS places the highest value on its client partners; that value is the heart of everything we do and is the basis of our Mission Statement, “Being the leading provider of business services and solutions that surpass our client expectations and deliver exceptional value.”

DCS is working in Region A which consists of the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.