As required by the Competition and Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently stopped work under the permanent Medicare recovery audit contactor (RAC) awards after 2 unsuccessful bidders (Viant, Inc. and PRG Schultz, USA, Inc.) filed protests with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Under the CICA, the GAO has 100 days to issue its decision. However, CMS recently updated some of the FAQs for the Medicare RAC program. See the Medicare Update weblog’s posts at http://tinyurl.com/5mhxq9 and http://tinyurl.com/6ofz9v.