And So It Begins…
Share this page: We hadn’t even passed the ICD-10 implementation deadline when the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began rattling chiropractors’ cages. There was nothing totally new in the OIG’s September report, but there was nothing reassuring either. As...
Provider Risk in ICD-10
Share this page: On July 7, 2015, the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Andrew M. Slavitt, sent out a notice to all providers that CMS would be lenient in processing of the claim forms as long as provider’s codes are in the...
It’s October—Do You Know Where Your Reimbursements Are?
Share this page: It’s October—do you know where your reimbursements are? If you’re reading this, you already know that October 1, 2015 came and went, and the earth did not open up and swallow us whole. It’s possible, though, that doctors who found themselves down to...
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Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $15,024? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $15,024 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.