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How Do Chiropractor Salaries Compare to Other Health Professionals?
How Do Chiropractor Salaries Compare to Other Health Professionals? avatar

Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on October 26th, 2010
Topics: Billing, Business, chiropractic billing, chiropractic business, chiropractic practice management

Wondering if the recession has hit your practice and your wallet as much as other DC’s or even MD’s?

Let me be the first to tell you that spending time calling up your DC friends or commiserating at your local seminars on how bad things are due to the current economy can not only be potentially depressing, it is almost always completely useless!

First, hate to say it, but your “friends” lie.  If they are doing fine and think you are not, they lie to make it seem like things are tougher than reality. After all, why kick a man when he’s down? By the very fact that you ask the question, it’s obvious you’re hurting. I will admit – at least your friend is a nice person and they want to spare your feelings. But, you probably won’t get a truthful response.

Other friends lie because they too are in the toilet but they don’t want to admit it.  Instead of actually doing something that is revenue generating for themselves, they will give you a handful of advice that didn’t work for them and act as if their practice is fine.  This gives them the air of superiority. In reality, their practice stinks and the advice they gave is either terrible or may in fact work, but they wouldn’t know.  They didn’t try it.  Again, their response is less than truthful.

So now that we have established that there really is no reason to have the “are things bad in your office too?” conversation, why compare at all?

The answer is this: to study trends and glean insight from businesses that ARE thriving. Read More

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Medicare Releases Chiropractic’s Comparative Billing Report Pilot
Medicare Releases Chiropractic’s Comparative Billing Report Pilot avatar

Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on October 14th, 2010
Topics: Audits, Chiropractic Audits, Medicare

Doctors, your “report card” is now available.

This past week (10/4/2010), chiropractors in the state of Wisconsin were the “pilot” program subjects who began receiving a “Comparative Billing Report” (CBR) produced by SafeGuard Services who is under contract by Medicare (CMS).

Don’t worry Wisconsin DC’s, they’re not just picking on you — the national release of the CBR is anticipated to be be sent three weeks later to 5000 chiropractors nationwide. Read More

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Updated Fall Seminar Schedule!
Updated Fall Seminar Schedule! avatar

Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on October 12th, 2010
Topics: seminars

Updated Fall Seminar Schedule — new date and locations added!

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 – Seattle, WA

Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation MASTERY!

Best Western River’s Edge (Seattle Airport)

15901 W Valley Highway

Tukwila, Washington, 98188


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Saturday, November 6, 2010 – Orlando, FL

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Saturday, November 13, 2010 – Portland, OR

Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation MASTERY!

Hyatt Place Hotel (PDX Airport)  — New Location!

9750 NE Cascades Parkway

Portland, OR 97220

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For all Chiropractic Billing, Coding and Documentation Seminars

Due to the special hands-on Documentation/Coding Training Session – SEATING IS LIMITED!

Cut through the confusion and learn how to increase and protect your practice’s bottom line with billing, coding and documentation strategies you always wanted to know, but never knew who to ask!

Here’s just a sampling of what you will learn:

ð        New audit targets for 2010 that can impact your bottom line

ð        Strategies to get paid better for what you do

ð        Avoid mistakes that get your claims denied or delayed

ð        Tips to achieve defensible coding & documentation

ð        Avoid audit traps for Medicare and billing “red flag” that alert the insurance radar

ð        Systems to create internal audits that improve compliance

ð        Discover new code updates and clarifications for 2010

*** Now Featuring***

“Hands-on” case coding including actual examples of documentation do’s and don’t gained from Medicare and other commercial insurance training sessions

Here’s what DC’s are saying about Dr. Tom’s seminars:

“Tom is an expert at what he does and makes it simple for the rest of us!”  Eric Hansen, DC

“I would recommend all DC’s attend one of Tom’s classes. They are necessary, practical and essential for a professional, compliant and meaningful practice. He is one of the rising stars of the profession!”  Melinda Maxwell, DC

Dr. Necela is the most authoritative source of coding, billing, auditing & Medicare issues that I have ever seen.”  James Bowen, JD

“More useful information in 4 hrs than I received in 4 years!”  Jacob Waller, DC

I wish every state would encourage licensees to attend your seminar”  Lori Inkrote, DC

“Four hours went by fast – I could have stayed longer!” Dale Johnston, DC

“His material is packed with information, never the same and full of the latest updates – I’ve attended as many as 3 in one year and always learn something new!” – Amy, CA

About your presenter:

A former Insurance Claims Analyst, Dr. Necela is a Certified Professional Coder and the first chiropractor to become a Certified Professional Medical Auditor.  Dr. Necela uses his unique perspective and expertise to train chiropractors on sound billing, coding and documentation principles that allow them to increase their income, reduce their risk of audits and work smarter (not harder) towards a better business.  For more info, see www.strategicdc.com

Chiropractic Billing, Coding Documentation Seminars Registration Details

Seminar Hours: 9am-3pm (6 CEs)

Lunch is included!

$149 in advance for DC  / $179 at the door

$198 in advance for DC + 1 Staff / $258 at the door

$149 advance for 1 Staff only (without DC present) / $179 at the door

REGISTER ONLINE!

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Seattle, WA


Orlando, FL

Portland, OR

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How Do Chiropractors Protect Themselves From Wrongful Discounts?
How Do Chiropractors Protect Themselves From Wrongful Discounts? avatar

Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on October 5th, 2010
Topics: Billing, Business, chiropractic billing, chiropractic business

Beware: pirates are attempting to steal your insurance checks!

If you have recently opened the mail only to realize that you seem to be a “participating provider” with insurance companies that you never heard of, you are certainly not alone.  While it may seem silly to complain about being paid, the fact is that you are paid a contracted rate (which is sure to be less than your billed amount) for a contract that never existed. In other words, the payer has given you a “Wrongful Discount” because you never agreed to a discount in the first place!

This phenomenon – known as a “Silent PPO” – is just one of the latest in third party payer’s bag of pirate tricks aimed at reducing your payments.  Unfortunately, it is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the field of medical billing.  (Yes, that means that it’s not just the chiropractors that are being picked on!) Read More

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