"The RAC [recovery audit contractor] program has survived a lot ...

...  of political, administrative and judicial meddling and has come out the other side as a program designed to theoretically reduce provider burden and allow auditing to persist in a way that is supposed to serve the interest of the taxpayer. I don't think we will ever go back to the wild days of 2012 and 2013 when inpatient status claims were audited like crazy and created enormous appeals."

— Emily Evans, a partner in Obsidian Research Group in Nashville, told AIS's Report on Medicare Compliance.