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Hi Gypsy! You spend your Sunday evenings like I have spent hundreds of mine!!! Thanks so much for all the info you have given me. Even though I should be in the "defense" mode--the claims the RACs are taking money back on, especially observation and the one day stays are things I have tried to get through to our administration for a long time. Unfortunately they kept their head in the sand and now it's time to pay the piper!! I won't get to see how our RAC adventure turns out. I am retiring the first of next month but the hospital has hired a consulting group to help them with UR and RACs. Now on Sunday evening I'll be setting on my deck deciding what flowers to repot!!!!! Sharon

Gypsy--I really appreciate you sharing your information!! We have a problem with the Medicaid too. We have only two physicians (pediatricians) in our town that will see Medicaid patients, therefore we have a problem in the ER. And of course we have a problem with observation and a really weak UR process. RAC's will not be fun for us! Sharon

Thanks Imagypsy!!!! I really appreciated your reply and insight!

You are going to be 30 one of these days anyway!!!! You just as well be 30 and doing something you can do for another 30 years!!! Go for it!!!!!:wink2: Sharon

Thank you for the information. How did you track the RAC activity; excel spreadsheet, other software,etc? I am at a hospital in Kansas and we are scheduled to start with RACs in August.

Are there any UR nurses or QI nurses from CA,FL, or NY that have had experience with Recovery Audit Contractors willing to give advice on how to prepare for the permanent RAC's or share their experiences?