Copy Fees in Work Comp
As an ICS member, you know that you are entitled to payment for medical records at a higher rate in non-workers’ compensation cases. If you have ever wondered why this disparity exists, read on.
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Listening to Your Patient
How many of us have been in situations where there existed anger, stress, hostility between the doctor and patient? As physicians, we’re good at multi-tasking, but when dealing with an upset patient, we need to provide undivided attention to that upset patient.
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Malpractice to Fetus
Be aware that it is possible for claims to be made for malpractice to a fetus for 8 years from the baby’s birth, and retain your records accordingly.
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Medicare: Do I Qualify To Send Paper Claims?
The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) monitors and requires that all claims be submitted to Medicare electronically.
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National Provider Identifier (NPI) Required for ALL Providers
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) mandated that the Secretary of Health and Human Services adopt a standard unique health identifier for health care providers. On January 23, 2004, the Secretary published a Final Rule that adopted the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as this identifier.
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Health Insurance Audits
If you receive regular reimbursement from third-party payors in your chiropractic practice, you may well be the subject of one of these reviews at some point.
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2005 Legislation
Six thousand two hundred and nine (6,209). That is the number of bills introduced by your Representatives and Senators in Illinois in 2005. Of those bills, 95 affected chiropractic in one way or another. These bills attempted to affect many issues from Physical Therapy changes to ultrasound limitations, from medical malpractice reform to workers compensation revisions.
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EIN Becomes a Standard Identifier
In a final rule published in the May 31, 2002 Federal Register, CMS (The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services) established the Employer Identification Number (EIN) as the standard unique identifier for filing many healthcare transactions. See the announcement here.
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