Articles for Providers
Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic and Your Practice
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAFrom time to time, we as clinicians find ourselves amid a public health crisis. Today is such a time. COVID-19 has affected not only how you care for patients, but also how you operate a clinical...
Are You Up to the Challenge?
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAEarlier this year, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) took two critical steps that could impact your practice. First, they have asked for an additional $20 million to fight Medicare fraud,...
Pain in the Taxes
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSABenjamin Franklin said, "the only things of certainty are death and taxes," neither of which we look forward to. No one likes to talk or think about their taxes, however, hiding under our...
OIG Uses Social Media to Educate Public on Healthcare Fraud
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAOn Wednesday, December 11, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) hosted its first Facebook Live broadcast as part of the new initiative to educate consumers on how to spot healthcare fraud...
Why Wait? When Procrastination Becomes a Problem in Practice
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln Procrastination can be a joking matter, but it can also do real damage to your practice....
Setting Goals to Guide Your Practice in 2020
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAWith most entrepreneurs and small businesses, it can be tough to plan ahead when everyone involved is scrambling just to get through the day. But as Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to...
OIG Audit: How Would Your Practice Measure Up?
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAFor years, we have heard that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is cracking down on healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse. The OIG began issuing reports with concerns about overpayments for...
From “Majoring in Muscles” to the VA, This Year’s Scholarship Recipient
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSANotifying the recipients of the ChiroHealthUSA Foxworth Family Scholarship is truly the best part of my job. There are no words to convey the emotion that takes place each year, when Reagan...
Civil Rights Training for Your Practice – Are You Compliant?
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAAs you probably already know, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act contains an anti-discrimination provision. You may not discriminate in healthcare delivery based on a patient’s race, color,...
Four Ways to Promote Your Practice on Social Media
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-PPresident & Founder, ChiroHealthUSAIf you think marketing on social media won’t benefit your practice, think again. Marketing has changed dramatically since I started my practice over 34 years ago. Sure, marketing is still about...
Innovations in Employee Training Can Keep Everyone Up to Speed
If your clinic trains employees by flopping down a stack of papers to read, or by forwarding them a list of not-so-updated documents to pore over, you may be thinking, “There’s got to be a better way.” You’d be right. As we prepared to open a second practice last...
That’s Not How It Works – Avoiding Federal Regulations by Not Treating Federally Insured Patients
No matter where I speak, I always have doctors who point out that they are no longer treating Medicare and Medicaid patients in their practices in order to prevent any violations of state and federal anti-kickback rules. The reality is, as doctors across the country...
Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $11,181? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $11,181 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.