Three important details emerge as the bottom line from the recently passed legislation:
- The 21% Proposed Fee Cuts are Delayed Until November 2010
- Medicare Claims will begin processing with a 2.2% fee increase from June 1 to November 30, 2010
- The House will vote on the finalization of this increase on 6/22/2010
Obviously, this creates some logistical mess in the present and to anticipate in the future regarding exactly what fees one should anticipate being paid. To access your fee schedule directly, you should go to your Medicare carrier’s website because that is who will ultimately be responsible for processing your claims. The American Chiropractic Association also has a helpful page with some Q&A’s and additional Resources on this subject matter.
Personally, I am sure I am not alone in saying that I can’t wait for all this mess to be over and done with. The volume of email confusion hitting my inbox is astounding and, although I certainly can see the importance of dedicating space and time in this blog to the subject matter, I’d love to move on!
With that, I am going to encourage all my readers to sign up with Twitter and “follow me” so that I may continue to keep you informed of news related and important items such as this. And so we can use the blog for a format of discussing other topics of your interest apart from the latest rules and regulations thrust upon us by Medicare or other entities.
If you are not familiar with Twitter, you are obviously one of the few citizens who are not following the every move of Ashton Kutcher or Brittany Spears (and this is a good thing).
Twitter is a online “micro-blogging” site that allows users to contribute short (limited to 140 characters) messages to each other. It’s great for exchanging newsworthy items, reminders and has a host of potential business related applications. It’s also famous for being used (mis-used?) as a sort of online diary by which a person can literally blog about one’s every move, meal or madness.
For our purposes, I use Twitter exclusively to keep chiropractors updated on the latest newsworthy occurrences, regulatory changes and other pertinent info that you need to know. I typically give links to the stories or sources where you can find the needed info. And the best part is, it’s FREE and if you aren’t interested in the days topic, there’s nothing to do or delete. Since it doesn’t get emailed to your inbox, you are not overwhelmed with…um.. stuff you don’t need. Just check your Twitter account on your own time and it doesn’t cost you a dime!
So, sign up and “follow me” today so we can keep you informed of these items and so we can continue to use blog space to dedicate towards the other topics of your interest!
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