The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program identifies and corrects improper Medicare payments through post-payment reviews. These audits target both overpayments and underpayments to ensure payment accuracy.
The interactive charts below display Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs) by audit topic. The first chart shows how RAC audit focus has shifted year by year, while the second shows cumulative audit volume across all years.
For a full list of approved RAC audit topics, visit the CMS Approved RAC Topics .