The farm bill was created as a temporary hand out to farmers created during the Depression, but now it's practically a permanent legislative fixture â a massive spending bill Congress passes every five years. Farm bill spending reached record levels in 2000, paying out $24.7 billion in subsidies.
Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to âidentify and employ more efficient methods of medical review, such as data extrapolationâ and lower improper payments for fee-for-service claims, according to its website.
The RARC list is maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. (CMS), and used by all payers. Additions, deactivations, and modifications to the. list may be initiated by both Medicare and non-Medicare entities. The health care. claim adjustment reason code list is maintained by a National Code Maintenance.