1 CMS Region C RAC Dr. James Lee, Medical Director.

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1 CMS Region C RAC Dr. James Lee, Medical Director

2 Connolly Background Established in 1979 with a singular focus on recovery auditing Pioneered the use of data mining technology to identify and recover overpayments and underpayments Serves Medicare and Medicaid, and some of the industry’s largest commercial payers Reviewed over $150 billion in paid medical claims in 2008

3 Connolly RAC Program Mission Detect and correct Medicare past improper payments Analyze root causes of those improper payments and provide actionable process improvement recommendations to CMS that prevent or mitigate future improper payments Operate with high sensitivity to provider relations

4 Connolly Review Process Use same Medicare policies as MACs, FIs, Carriers, and DME MAC —NCDs, LCDs, CMS Manuals (e.g. claims processing, program integrity, benefit policies, etc.) Use same types of staff as the MACs, FIs, Carriers, DME MAC —Nurses, therapists, certified coders and physician CMD

5 Connolly’s Subcontractor: Viant Viant is based out of Naperville, Illinois Viant has 18 years of servicing the nation’s largest healthcare payers Viant participated in the RAC Demonstration as a subcontractor in California Viant will be subcontracting in Region C, providing Part A Complex Reviews  Connolly is 100% accountable for the Region C RAC contract

6 Get Prepared & Organized Complete, submit, and keep current your Request for Contact Information form

7 Prepared & Organized, cont. Identify and maintain a RAC Liaison to manage correspondence Respond to RAC medical record requests fully and within the required 45 day turn around Utilize the benefit of the discussion period Communicate, communicate, and communicate

8 Medical Record Submission We will accept paper medical records, but we suggest submitting medical records via CD/DVD Adhere to the provider medical record submission requirements —See Handout Instructions Make sure all medical record images are sent in a tamper-proof package Strongly suggest that all medical records be sent on CD/DVD via trackable carriers —FedEx, UPS, DHL, registered USPS mail, etc.

9 Connolly Key RAC Personnel Dr. James Lee, D.O. —Medical Director and Registered Pharmacist Thomas Gallo, Principal —Operations Christine Castelli, Principal —Client Relations / Quality Assurance

10 Focus Points! Complete a Request for Contact Information Form and submit to Connolly Healthcare CD/DVD - Complete a test file with Connolly Respond to ADR “medical record requests” fully and within the required 45 day turn around Contact Connolly if you have any questions or concerns regarding a RAC process

11 Connolly Resources Connolly RAC toll free phone number — Connolly RAC fax number — Connolly website & address — Connolly RAC office address —The Navy Yard Corporate Center One Crescent Drive, Suite 300-A Philadelphia, PA Christine Castelli —

12 Questions?