TPO- Treatment Payments Operations responsible for doing/ their function? RAC- Recovery Audit Contractor
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TPO or treatment, payments and healthcare operations :
HIPAA prohibits a covered entity from disclosing protected health information unless authorized by patients, except where this prohibition results in unnecessary interference with access to quality health services or public benefits. Immediate access to treatment and efficient payment for health care require use and disclosure of protected health information, are essential to the effective operation of the health care system. Also certain health care operation like administrative, financial, legal, and quality improvement activities—conducted by or for health care providers and health plans, are essential to support treatment and payment.
Recovery Audit Contractor : created by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.
It helps to identify and recover improper Medicare payments paid to healthcare providers under fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare plans.
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