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Medicare Bad Debts Recovery Service (MBDRS)

Program Description

When hospitals serve beneficiaries, Medicare usually pays most of the claim. If a residual balance due exists, the hospital recovers this balance from Medicare under certain circumstances if not paid by the beneficiary.

R-C Healthcare Management developed a program that retrospectively examines a hospital's Medicare write-off practices and identifies accounts recoverable from Medicare. We assist in recovering amounts due and help the hospital to install procedures to insure appropriate recovery in future years. Our database identifies hospitals that have either claimed no Medicare Bad Debts or have difficulty identifying qualified bad debts for reimbursement.

Each year many hospitals lose thousands of dollars by not claiming or under-claiming their Medicare bad debts. Often they ignore this valuable revenue source because of the lack of personnel, time or expertise to deal with the fiscal intermediary or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding bad debt issues. Because it takes years for the final resolution of the bad debt filing, reimbursement department turnover makes maintaining the bad debt logs especially challenging.

That’s why it pays to hire the seasoned professionals at R-C Healthcare Management to handle your hospital’s Medicare bad debt filings. We provide efficient, on-site service and consistent follow-up to expedite the process and recover the maximum amount of funds — all with no upfront costs or financial risk to the hospital.

Now is the time to file for the reimbursement of your hospital’s Medicare bad debts before the program is eliminated!

The MBDRS Components and Process

Click here to view how R-C Healthcare Management’s Medicare Bad Debt Recovery Service works.

Why Use the MBDRS Program?

Here's why your hospital should participate in R-C Healthcare Management’s Medicare Bad Debt Recovery Service:

• No Financial Risk

After the filing has been settled and reimbursement received, we invoice the hospital for a percentage of the recovered funds.  We fully cover all of our travel and other expenses associated with our MBDRS program. Therefore, the hospital incurs no upfront, out-of-pocket fees or financial risk involved in MBDRS program participation.

• Experience

R-C Healthcare Management, founder of the wage index consulting industry, has been assisting hospitals in recovering uncollectable (bad) Medicare debts, optimizing average hourly wages and area wage indices, and receiving remuneration for inaccurately-paid Medicare claims since 1990. We've helped our clients save more than $2 billion in revenue that would have been lost without our intervention.  When experience, efficiency and effectiveness count, you can count on R-C Healthcare Management to be your expert consultants for all issues related to Medicare reimbursement.

• Limited Time to Participate

Although Congress has not yet passed legislation to eliminate the reimbursement of Medicare bad debts, the mere fact that it is considering taking such action does not bode well for the program's future. Many hospitals fail to realize the financial benefit of participating in a bad debt recovery program. Don’t let your hospital lose a potential source of added revenue! Take advantage of  this no-risk program before it's too late.

• Results

Our MBDRS program succeeds because we understand Medicare reimbursement — we know how to fully support all claims.  And we have a good working relationship with CMS and fiscal intermediaries throughout the country.  Best of all, because the hospital pays R-C Healthcare Management’s fee from the proceeds generated after receiving the funds, the hospital is guaranteed to profit from our MBDRS program. 

Please e-mail or call us at 800-862-5368  (in Arizona 602-995-9420) for more information.