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Chiropractor and ASHP

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:56:00 +0000

So, I know I don’t post here often, but I certainly use this group for
resources!

Here’s a question: What’s up with Cigna contracting ASHP for out of
network providers to prove medical necessity?

We are not contracted with insurance companies, but do bill for our
patients. All the sudden, we’re being asked to jump through the ASHP
hoops. Same paperwork I had to do when we WERE contracted.

Am I obligated to do this for out of network claims? Do we really have
to do all this paperwork? Can we charge for it?

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Cigna and chiropractors

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:55:46 +0000

I do not know of ANY chiropractor whose notes
have resulted in payment through Cigna, in other
words, it does not seem to matter how bad off the
patient is, ASHN usually does NOT approve the
visits. The upshot of this is that CIGNA gets to
keep their money. I tell most of my doctors not
to bother with the notes, unfortunately that is
that the insurance company is counting
on: making it so hard to receive payments that
we just give up and go CASH. I am very
interested in any one else’s experiences with this situation.

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Case for chiropractor

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:45:12 +0000

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDERMATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.The
plaintiffs in this case are chiropractic physicians, an occupational
therapist, and a clinical social worker/trauma specialist who have
provided services to members of health care plans insured or
administered by the defendants; professional associations whose members
are chiropractic physicians; a residential treatment facility; and a
subscriber to a health care plan.1
The defendants are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of America (BCBSA) and
individual Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities (BCBS entities). BCBSA is
a national umbrella organization that facilitates the activities of
individual BCBS entities. Individual BCBS entities insure and administer
health care plans to Blue Cross and Blue Shield customers (BCBS
insureds) in various regions.Plaintiffs
allege that defendants improperly took money belonging to plaintiffs.
They allege that defendants would initially reimburse the provider
plaintiffs for medical services they provided to BCBS insureds. Sometime
afterward, plaintiffs allege, defendants would make a false or
fraudulent determination that the payments had been in error. Defendants
then would demand that individual plaintiffs repay the supposedly
overpaid amounts immediately. If plaintiffs refused to return the
payments, defendants would forcibly recoup the amounts they sought by
withholding payment on other, unrelated claims for services plaintiffs
provided to other BCBS insureds. The subscriber plaintiff, Katherine
Hopkins, alleges that she was held liable for portions of a bill for
services she received at Miami Valley Hospital after her insurer, Anthem
Ohio, demanded recoupment from the chiropractic provider who treated
her.Plaintiffs
allege further that when defendants made these repayment demands, they
typically did not provide adequate information regarding available
review procedures. Plaintiffs allege that defendants sometimes failed to
offer any appeal process at all. When an appeal process was available,
plaintiffs allege, defendants refused to provide details about which
patients, claims, and plans were claimed to be the subject of
overpayment or “effectively ignored” plaintiffs’ appeals. Fourth Am.
Compl. ¶ 18. Plaintiffs contend that this conduct deprived them of their
right to a “full and fair review” under section 503 of ERISA, 29 U.S.C.
§ 1133.Plaintiffs
sue on behalf of themselves and, in the case of association plaintiffs,
on behalf of their members. They also sue on behalf of a putative class
of similarly-situated individual plaintiffs.Plaintiffs
filed their first amended complaint on November 16, 2009. In that
complaint, plaintiffs alleged that defendants’ actions violated the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Florida law. On May 17,
2010, the Court granted a motion by defendants to dismiss the RICO
claims for failure to state a claim. Pennsylvania Chiropractic Ass’n v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Ass’n, No. 09 C 5619, 2010 WL 1979569 (N.D. Ill. May 17, 2010).

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NEW YEAR CHIROPRACTOR NEW DEDUCTIBLES.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:19:12 +0000

We collect in full what the EOB would tells us to collect. When chiropractor patients say something I put the blame to the insurance saying I can be fined or the insurance can drop me ect ect. Unless there is a hardship we have a contract that the patients signs saying about the hardship we keep on file both blue cross and medicare have told me (also get it in writing from them) that hardship case are allowed. When patients call I remind them about the deductible I try to collect everything on date of service but I will bill patient or allow payments as well. I do not divide the deductible I put the actual approved amount from the carrier.

Jeff Kotchounian C.A.
Chiropractic Dollar

http://www.chiropracticdollar.com

— In ChiroAssistants@yahoogroups.com, “Brittany” wrote:
>
> I was just curious how other offices handle deductibles at the beginning of the year. Do you just charge 100% until the deductible is met? Make payment arrangements or just bill the patient once you find out the total that was applied for your office? We usually make payment arrangements with the patient on their first visit of the year and divide the deductible into 5-10 payments that are spread out for the first 5-10 visits but we always have cases where the patient meets deductible in 2 visits and stops making payments. We are looking at a more efficient system. Thank you!

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Chiropractor CareCredit

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:16 +0000

we don’t use their machine…the main incentive for the chiropractic patient ,anyway, is they have a few options of interest free payment plans, like 6,12,18 months they can stretch the payment over that amount of time interest free as long as they pay on time. Your practice can choose if they want to do extended payment plans which only cost the provider 5% of the total. you can set a minimum of what the patient has to spend (ours is $300) The best part for the provider is the amount is auto deposited into his/her acct minus the interest (highest is 13.5% but you don’t have to offer that one) and then you pretty much wipe your hands clean of it ~ we get the money, alot of times the patient gets interest free and if they have any problems paying their bill they deal with GM Moneybank collections…not us everyone is happy, happy! Oh and another thing that is nice is not everyone can get approved for a credit card, but Carecredit is alot more lenient.

Thank you for your input, I’m not trying to say they are the best option, I’m still trying to figure it out, I’m just stating how I see it right now. Also, the main reason we got involved with them wasn’t for our chiropractic care, but we offer microcurrent facial/body sculpting, which insurance doesn’t cover & yes some people do use their credit cards, but still sometime the interest free is a big selling point.

Kerri

To: ChiroAssistants@yahoogroups.com
From: nat_dar2004@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:18:44 -0800
Subject: Re: [CA] CareCredit

We looked into it but I don’t understand what the incentive is for us or the patient? Most patients use their own credit cards that they can rack up their points.
The doctor also has to pay carecredit to use their service, use their credit card machine or process the payment online and the percentage rate is not great.

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Hot off the presses from CMS for chiropractor

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:42:59 +0000

Attention Health Chiropractor Professionals: Information Regarding the Holding of
2012 Date-of-Service Claims for Services Paid Under the 2012 Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule

The negative update under current law for the 2012 Medicare Physician
Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on Sun Jan 1, 2012, eight
business days from today. Consequently, as on numerous occasions in
the past, CMS will instruct its Medicare claims administration
contractors to hold claims containing 2012 services paid under the
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the first 10 business days of
January 2012 (i.e., Sun Jan 1 through Tue Jan 17). The hold should
have minimal impact on provider cash flow because, under current law,
clean electronic claims are not paid sooner than 14 calendar days (29
days for paper claims) after the date of receipt.

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule claims for services rendered on or
before Sat Dec 31 are unaffected by the 2012 claims hold and will be
processed and paid under normal procedures and time frames.

The Administration is disappointed that Congress has failed to pass a
solution to eliminate the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula-driven
cuts, and has put payments for health care for Medicare beneficiaries
at risk. We continue to urge Congress to take action to ensure these
cuts do not take effect.

CMS will notify you on or before Wed Jan 11, 2012, with more
information about the status of Congressional action to avert the
negative update and next steps regarding the claims hold.

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Chiropractor Listings: How Businesses Can Benefit From Chiropractor Listings

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:26:35 +0000

Chiropractor Listings: How Businesses Can Benefit From Chiropractor Listings

By Chris Burns

Chiropractor listings open up a whole new world of opportunities to business owners. With a regularly updated database of about 57,000 Chiropractors throughout the United States, many opportunities are available to this market. Often, such a database would contain information such as the Chiropractor’s name, address, and telephone number, fax number, etc.. We provide you with a variety of suggestions on how businesses can benefit from our Chiropractor mailing list.

Of central importance would be the ability of these businesses to gain access to a huge market of Chiropractors. This is especially important for businesses structured around the sales and provision of Chiropractic products. Through vital information such as telephone numbers and mailing addresses, business owners in this field would be provided with extremely important sales leads which they can work on to sell their products. They would then be able to formulate various strategies which they can implement in order to achieve this. For instance, with mailing addresses, they might find it cost effective to send out regular newsletters, updating their potential clients on the new products which their company is offering. This way, business owners would be able to gain access to the huge market of Chiropractors in America, allowing them to generate valuable sales leads.

Businesses in non-sales fields relating to the Chiropractic industry would also benefit from a Chiropractor list. Such fields include complementary products and services such as orthopedic consultation. With a Chiropractor list, such businesses would be able to explore working opportunities with Chiropractors from across America. One of the best examples of such working opportunities would be to enter into an agreement for referrals. You could either refer your current customers to the Chiropractors for a fee or do the opposite, by entering into an agreement whereby the Chiropractor refers his clients to you for a fee. In this way, you would be able to explore an alternative way of marketing your product or service through active referrals. As in most cases, referrals often constitute one of the most effective ways of marketing a product or service.

Lastly, Chiropractor lists would provide you with the opportunity of engaging in merger and acquisition activities. If you are thinking of running a Chiropractor business which has branches all around the United States, then you would find a Chiropractor list useful. By providing you with a list of Chiropractors throughout America, you would be able to enter agreements with Chiropractors throughout the country on the possibilities of acquiring their business. Often, it is common for Chiropractors to do that when they seek to expand their business. As such Chiropractor listings are important in such a manner, by putting business buyers into contact with business sellers.

Rounding things off, a Chiropractor list would allow you to expand your business contacts effectively. Whether it is for sales leads, referrals, joint ventures or merger and acquisition activities, Chiropractor lists provide a useful and necessary means of allowing you to achieve your business goals and targets. The methods listed above are by no means exhaustive. In any case, it would be up to your imagination and creativity in getting things to work for you.

About the Author: Chris Burns is an authority on mailing list services providing valuable advice at http://www.MailingListsUSA.com where you can learn more about Business Mailing Lists. Click Here to learn more about the services that he provides.

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Previous to Choosing Any Reno Chiropractors, The following Are Specifics You Need to Realize

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:14:32 +0000

Previous to Choosing Any Reno Chiropractors, The following Are Specifics You Need to Realize

Author: Marisa Vanskiver

Area: Reno-Sparks-Lake Tahoe, Nevada, UNITED STATES: Reno Chiropractors also referred to as the Doctors of Chiropractic care as well as chiropractic practitioners, detect as well as treatment the persons with health conditions who sadly are experiencing musculoskeletal system upset, nervous system disorder and common health issues. A lot of treatments of Reno chiropractors care supply treatments to the people having backbone difficulties plus remedy of the backbone.

Reno Chiropractors are required to follow Nevada Revised Statues.
The reason being Reno, Sparks and many areas of Lake Tahoe (like Incline Village) are located in Nevada.

NRS 640. 013 defines Chiropractic: “Chiropractic” is defined to be the science, art and practice of palpating and adjusting the articulations of the human body by hand, the use of physiotherapy, hygienic, nutritive and sanitary measures and all methods of diagnosis.

Reno Chiropractors or Doctors of Chiropractic might make adjustments to some person’s back bone, or other parts of the skeleton.

NRS 634. 014 “Chiropractic adjustment” defined: “Chiropractic adjustment” means the application of a precisely controlled force applied by hand or mechanical device to a specific focal point of the anatomy for the sole purpose of creating a specific angular movement in skeletal articulations to eliminate or decrease interference with neural transmission and correct or attempt to correct subluxation complex. 1

NRS 634. 0175 “Subluxation complex” defined. “Subluxation complex” means a biomechanical skeletal misalignment or dysfunction in a part of the body which results in aberrant nerve transmission and expression. 1

Basically, Reno chiropractors can assist our bodies mend through treating your subluxation complex by making chiropractic manipulations to your human body.

Reno Chiropractors deal with the irregularity of backbone joints that impede with the performance of the nervous system. These misalignments could lower the body’s resistance to injury and sickness, and can cause new ailments.

Reno Chiropractors or Doctors of Chiropractic are certified as doctors only after the successful completion of 4-year chiropractic college course. Undergraduates candidates with minimum 2 to 4 years of education and with excellent academic records and a will to serve the people can be eligible for this course. The state of Nevada requires all Reno chiropractors to meet the following education requirements:
·    Graduation from high school or G. E. D. equivalent;
·    Minimum of 60 pre-chiropractic college credits or a minimum of five (5) years of active practice in another state; and
·    Doctor of Chiropractic degree from chiropractic college holding an accredited status or a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or any governmental accr editing agency on thea pplicant’s graduation date. The graduation date on the applicant’s Doctor of Chiropractic degree is the only date accepted and must be before the application deadline for the exam date being applied for.

Moreover, the State of Nevada demands the following by all Reno Chiropractors:

Passing grades in the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners exams, Parts I, II, III, IV and Physiotherapy.

Seven (7) years of active practice during the immediately preceding ten (10) years with no adverse disciplinary action; AND A passing grade in the National Board f Chiropractic Examiners SPEC (Special Purpose Exam for Chiropractic) test. Applicants who have not yet attained a passing score in the National Board SPEC test must have a completed application on file for the next Nevada exam in order to be authorized by Nevada to sit for the next SPEC test.
The expert group of health professionals of Reno chiropractors will be striving hard to deliver exceptional, speedier and accurate services for their patients for speedier restoration.

The practices of Reno Chiropractors will be sparkling, spacious and secure. Like various other health practitioners, your medical professionals at Reno Chiropractors have to stand for a lengthier period. The Reno Chiropractors doctors whom take X rays have to take required safety measures to prevent the ill outcomes of the ongoing radiation. Be aware that not every Reno Chiropractors work with X-Rays. Some may have to you get your X-Rays carried out at a medical imaging lab. It just depends on the Reno Chiropractic specialist which you find, and it’s a good question to consult them about.

Reno Chiropractors treatment works with musculoskeletal difficulties that involves a stress for the patient’s health. Your health professionals at Reno Chiropractors concentrate on non-surgical, drugless, natural health treatment options, subject to the recuperative built in ability of the patient’s body. Chiropractic recommends modifications in those variables of which impact the lifestyle of individual.

Reno Chiropractors have a standard routine, just like some other health professionals, to acquire essential facts; to discover in addition to treat individuals. These doctors need to keep an archive of patient’s health background, lab tests, plus orthopedic assessments. They could also propose some lab exams such as X-Rays. Reno Chiropractors should have appropriate observational skills that will assist them identify the physical irregularities. They have to have plenty of physical power to successfully handle the challenging cases. The reason is , in many cases, Reno Chiropractors is likely to make manipulations manually to the person’s body, which usually necessitate adjustment of the back bone in addition to muscles.

Doctors with Reno Chiropractors who have a solo practice, needs the tact of handling various other practice responsibilities well. Aside from these health-related services, qualities like comprehending, empathy and the desire to assist people is the foundation of Reno Chiropractors doctors. Quite a few Reno Chiropractors put stress in analysis procedures like X-rays along with analysis images that are very important for the determination of vertebrae issues. They will often place additional focus on physical exam, plus inquiring the patient inquiries. You must explain to the Reno Chiropractor regarding every pain or difficulty you have that may have to do with your vertebrae. Oftentimes it might not be obvious. As an example, if your lower limbs are different lengths, this may trigger problems with the back. Only a Reno Chiropractor can make that determination, so it is more preferable to err on the side regarding safety in addition to reveal everything.

The doctors from Reno Chiropractors additionally study the posture of the patient in addition to vertebrae with the use of the special method. Reno Chiropractors doctors by hand correct the vertebrae column for sufferers whose ailments can be traced to the musculoskeletal system.

Aside from the above solutions many doctors in Reno Chiropractors likewise specialize in athletics accidents, pediatrics, car crash related injuries, nutrition, analysis imaging or internal ailments resulting via misalignment of the back bone. The doctors at Reno Chiropractors function as single or like a group of practitioners that are likewise responsible for the administration duties of practicing this.

In larger establishments, Reno Chiropractors health professionals allot these responsibilities to office supervisors as well as assistants. Reno Chiropractors health professionals who work privately have the duty to develop a formidable base of patients, maintaining records along with employing employees.

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Chiropractor Services: For Your Health by a Chiropractor

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:31:02 +0000

Chiropractic Services: For Your Health

By Julee Mitchelsin

There are a variety of ways that people today can protect and even promote the health of their bodies. There are more than enough diets to choose from no matter what kinds of foods you love or hate. People can join an expensive diet club to receive accountability for their weight loss goals or people can join expensive gyms filled with amazing equipment that many people do not even know how to operate. Diet and exercise are both important elements of any healthy lifestyle, don’t get me wrong. However, there are also a variety of other elements and services that can be helpful in achieving and maintaining a truly healthy life. Benefiting from chiropractic services is one of these amazing yet underused elements that promote health.

I’ll admit that for most of my life I thought that chiropractic services were only for those people with terrible posture or for people who had just gotten into a bad car accident and needed almost a physical therapy of sorts. So it had never entered my mind to see get chiropractic services done for myself until a friend of mine began boasting about her chiropractic visits and the difference they were making in her life.

Still a bit skeptical, I asked my friend exactly what the chiropractic services did for her. I wasn’t prepared to hear the long list of benefits that she listed off. She shared with me that she had been utilizing chiropractic services for the past several years and that in that time she had been sick with common colds and flus only once. It seemed that the chiropractic services she was receiving every other week made a huge difference in her immune system being able to fight against common viruses and diseases. She also claimed that chiropractics had done wonders for her alignment and posture and that her lower back was no longer in constant, throbbing pain like it used to be. My friend said chiropractic services had simply “straightened everything out for me.”

After hearing about these benefits and more, I decided to give chiropractic services a try for myself. I called to schedule an appointment with my friend’s chiropractor and then I waited for the blessed day to arrive. When it did, I was filled with a little bit of fear and trepidation about what he would say to me and about if his chiropractic services would cause me pain. (I had, for some reason, never thought to ask my friend if the chiropractic services she ranted about hurt at all.)

After one hour of receiving chiropractic services and advice about my health, I left the office a believer. I couldn’t believe what I had learned and how good I felt after just one visit. And now, years later, I am still just as strongly convinced that chiropractic services should be added to everyone’s health and fitness regimen.

About the Author: Julee Mitchelsin has been utilizing chiropractic services for years. She has become a huge advocate of its benefits to all of her friends and family. Learn more about the chiropractic services at www.learnchiropractic.info

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Is A Chiropractor The Right Choice For You?

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:24:55 +0000

Is A Chiropractor The Right Choice For You?

By Alexander Thomas

A very common problem that everyone faces as they get older is a bad back. Folks can throw their back out by doing many different activities such as moving heavy boxes, or strenuous unrehearsed exercise or even through awkward slips. Depending on the extent of the injury, painkillers may do the trick but oftentimes do not solve the ultimate cause of the problem. Noticing your discomfort, a friend or family member may suggest that the individual visit a chiropractor. The pending patient may dismiss this suggestion a bit too abruptly for there are many beneficial reasons to visit a chiropractor.

The option is always available for the pending patient to visit his or her primary care physician. Unfortunately, the tending general physician will most likely poke around a bit, ask some questions, take your vital signs and then prescribe some strong painkillers or pills to treat the pain in hopes of a quick cure. Pain numbing through prescriptions may be a form of treatment but more often than not, not the optimal diagnosis. To fix the problem naturally and prevent it from returning, one of the best solutions is to find a good chiropractor. A chiropractor will not only help heal your pain, but also give you tips on the proper diet and exercise to help with injury prevention.

Now that the pending patient has made the wise choice to locate a good chiropractor, he or she will actually have to find the right one for them. Roughly 60% of chiropractors are solo practitioners, so it isn’t difficult to find a chiropractor that will identify with the patient and build an ongoing relationship with them.

A patient may enlist the services of a health care placement agency or a community non-profit organization that assists with recommendations for caregivers. The internet is also a good resource for locating nearby chiropractors and learning about the services they provide. The neighborhood Yellow Pages is a very handy and quick way to find chiropractors in his or her immediate area. Finally, recommendations from friends and confidants are likely the best way to locate the chiropractor to fill the patients’ immediate needs.

When it comes to health care, money does matter. If you choose to find a chiropractor to help you with your aches and pains, it will cost no more than a regular visit to the doctor. As alternative forms of medicine are growing in popularity, most health care plans are now covering these visits to a chiropractor. So, natural medicine no longer hurts the pocket book along with the back.

The essence is to keep health care simple. There are plenty of caring chiropractors available today, some with particular specialties. Even if a patient is unsure, it would be beneficial for them to try a first visit and see how it goes. Chiropractors can be the most qualified individuals to address a patients needs.

About the Author: Alexander Thomas is a respected author and contributor to USChiropractor.org – (www.uschiropractor.org.com), a leading authority and resource directory for information on Chiropractors on the internet.

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