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Advocacy

Physicians Advocacy Institute

Fair Medical Audits

Working toward a fair audit process

Physician Audits

PAI has long identified problems associated with medical audits as among the major challenges facing physicians today and has championed the cause for greater transparency and a fairer audit process. PAI has developed a multifaceted advocacy plan designed to address problems faced by physicians in preparing for and responding to medical audits, which include:

  • Lack of transparency in the audit process
  • Unqualified auditors
  • Inaccurate audits, often due to flawed extrapolation formulas
  • Recoupment of alleged overpayments before conclusion of the appeal process
  • Contingency payments to RAC auditors
  • Excessive look-back periods
  • Punitive rather than educational focus of many payers and auditors

For more information on PAI efforts in this area, contact Kelly Kenney, PAI Counsel at k2strategiesllc@gmail.com.

Fair Audit Advocacy

Fair Audit Advocacy

 

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IMPACT OF AUDITS

To highlight the real life impact of certain audit practices, PAI President and EVP/CEO of the North Carolina Medical Society Robert W. Seligson produced a video, “Guilty until Proven Innocent: When Medicare Audits Cause Casualties,” depicting how an unfair Medicare audit devastated one North Carolina medical practice.