Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on September 22nd, 2011
We’ve all heard what a powerful marketing tool the internet can be for our chiropractic practices. I agree that chiropractors should be using the internet as one of their chiropractic marketing tools. Whether or not most chiropractors are doing so effectively is another discussion for another time.
For today, I’d like to talk about the dangers of the internet and how to protecting yourself from trouble. Apart from obvious things such as identity theft, credit card fraud and phising scams, there are virtual bombs awaiting you on the internet that you may not have considered but would do well to avoid. Here are a few: Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on September 15th, 2011
On September 26, 2011 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) aimed at the chiropractic profession…again.
No, you are not vicariously having some sort of “senior moment” or bad flashback due to your younger and wilder days. Yes, Medicare did in fact conduct a chiropractic CBR last year (2010). This round is a similar study equivalent to the one distributed last fall except this current study will focus on 2010 data. Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on August 17th, 2011
The emails have been pouring in, my phone ringing constantly.
So many, MANY chiropractors want to know the same thing:
“Why the sudden increase in Medicare denials?”
“What happened? This past week we got flooded with 67 requests for documentation!”
“Are we doing something wrong? We received over 50 requests for detailed notes in one batch!”
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Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on May 17th, 2011
Some of you may get tired of hearing how dangerous errors in your chiropractic billing, coding or documentation practices may be. I certainly have sat through more than my fair share of seminars where it appeared that the main motive of the speaker was to scare you straight. Furthermore, from the data extracted from most chiropractic reviews done by Medicare and other payers, we have ample evidence that we should be more than a bit worried.
Since I am a bottom line fanatic, let’s look at this from another angle: what could chiropractic billing, coding or documentation errors cost you? Obviously, the flip side of this question is, if you do it right, how can sound strategies in this regard help you improve your business? Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on March 31st, 2011
Recently I received an email from an auditing group to which I belong that offered some nasty little tips that auditors can use to easily recoup money from physicians, including chiropractors.
First, let me pause and clarify one point. Although I do have a certification as a professional medical auditor (and as of this writing am the first and only chiropractor to do so), I do not use this to audit chiropractors. In fact, I received this training so that I can more fully understand what auditors are looking for and to protect YOU. Today’s blog post is a perfect opportunity to use this. Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on February 18th, 2011
By request, we have taken our popular seminar and brought it into your home/office via WEBINAR! Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on February 10th, 2011
For those of you who did NOT attend my recent seminars in the Northwest, here are a few items you missed!
For those of you who attended, as promised, here are the specific references and places to go for the information that was not included in your notepacket.
Tom
P.S. If you did NOT attend my recent seminar, be sure to read the bottom of this post for a Special Offer!!
P.S.S. Seminar attendees — I used this picture above to stimulate your memory to…stop giving it all away! 
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Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on January 31st, 2011
Medicare carrier Palmetto GBA released their 4th Quarter (2010) Medical Review Findings which details the deficiencies they have been noting in terms of billing, coding or documentation errors. These findings are not exclusive to chiropractors. In fact, since chiropractors are only paid for one service in Medicare, we probably should not even make this list. But we did (again). Read More
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on December 10th, 2010
SORRY, THIS REPLAY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
We exceeded capacity of our host for our 3rd Annual webinar, “The Toughest Chiropractic Billing,Coding, Documentation, Collections Questions Ever!” This “maxed out” webinar features Dr. Tom Necela answering questions “live” from chiropractors around the country on a variety of billing, coding, documentation, collections issues!
While we certainly are happy that so many doctors wanted to attend, we want to make this information available to all those who registered and were not able to get to the presentation, so we are making a replay of the broadcast available for a limited time only.
(Click above to listen and watch this 1 hr presentation)
Tom
P.S. This replay will only be available until Dec 31, 2010, so listen while it’s here
and tell your friends before it’s gone!
Written by Tom Necela, DC, CPC, CPMA, CCP-P on December 1st, 2010
It’s time for the 3rd annual installment of “The Toughest Billing, Coding, Documentation and Collections Questions Ever!”
In this FREE webinar you will have a chance to get your most frustrating or confusing questions answered by Dr. Tom Necela – chiropractor, certified professional coder, certified professional medical auditor and certified compliance professional. Read More
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