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The results of recent recovery audit contractor (RAC) automated reviews of hospital services were outlined in the January 2013 Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 2 . Among the hot topics discussed was a significant issue for physician providers:  the RACs identified that inappropriate current procedural terminology (CPT) codes were being assigned for related professional evaluation and management (E/M) services “rendered in swing bed facilities (with nursing facility levels of care)” in the same episode of care as an acute inpatient stay, when the patient was not “on a leave of absence from the hospital.” Specifically, inpatient hospital CPT codes, i.e