RAC opinion-steering. While the CMS touts the benefits of the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program, some call it 'bounty hunting'.

As the CMS officially unveiled the Recovery audit Contractor program, which is set to be in place in all 50 states by the beginning of 2010, hospital executives were voicing their unease. Some call it "bounty hunting, ,and doubt it will save money. "In the short term (the program) will give money to CMS, but in the long term it will cost the program more than they are saving, ,said Bruce Hallowell, left. Page 6