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2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Recovery Audit Program. http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Monitoring-Programs/Medicare-FFS-Compliance-Programs/Recovery-Audit-Program/. Updated March 25, 2014. Accessed July 10, 2014.

3. AHA survey: Hospitals appealing half of RAC claim denials. AHA News Now. May 29, 2014. http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews/jsp/display.jsp?domain=AHANEWS&dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_052914_RACTrac. Accessed July 10, 2014.

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