FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CMS Awards National Recovery Audit DME
Contract to Connolly iHT
WILTON, CT – On December 30, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) awarded the first national recovery audit contract to Connolly, LLC, a
subsidiary of Connolly iHealth Technologies. The contract is for Region 5, which is
national in scope and includes Medicare claims for Durable Medical Equipment and
Home Health and Hospice (DME/HH-H).
The first of five contracts to be awarded
CMS previously determined that it would select recovery auditors to review Medicare
claims within four geographic regions of the country, and a new fifth nationwide
region focused on identifying overpayments and underpayments specifically among
DME/HH-H claims. Connolly currently provides similar payment integrity services to
private healthcare insurers to help lower systemic costs and improve healthcare
payment accuracy.
“Connolly looks forward to working with DME/HH–H providers to ensure fairness
and accuracy across the Medicare system. This contract will benefit the entire
Medicare program, including providers, who will know that they are being
reimbursed accurately and consistently, Medicare beneficiaries who depend upon
those services, as well as taxpayers who demand that the Trust Fund be protected,”
said Connolly iHealth Technologies Vice President of Audit Operations Chad Janak,
who oversees the Company’s CMS work.
Connolly has continuously served CMS as a Recovery Audit Contractor since the
inception of the program, as mandated by the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.
Connolly is the exclusive recovery audit prime contractor for Region C, which covers
17 states and territories in the southern portion of the US.
“We are pleased to be continuing our partnership with CMS and are honored to have
been chosen as the first national contractor for DME/HH-H claims,” Connolly, LLC
President Steve Senneff said.
About CMS Recovery Audit Contract Program
Congress mandated the creation of the recovery audit contractor program in order to
review a small percentage of Medicare claims and identify billing errors. Since the
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