If you are a United Healthcare® chiropractor (regardless of whether you are in or out of network), beware of their new limitations of what you cannot treat (at least if you want to be paid). UHC’s June 2018 policy update on spinal manipulation provides a very...
It’s a dirty little secret among auditors that E/M codes are easy money to take back from doctors. Unfortunately, as chiropractors, we are no exception and your exams may possibly be the easiest chiropractic audits to fail. Of course, failure means repayment,...
It is with sadness that I report at the problems with CPT code 98943 (for a chiropractic extremity adjustment) have continued for well over 5 years now and it does not look like that the challenges will be disappearing anytime soon. Unfortunately, we routinely get...
As upsetting as it may be to receive a notice that you are being audited, there is equal (or perhaps greater) frustration when the payer demands repayment for services you feel were correctly reimbursed, properly documented and rendered according to standards of...
Anyone who has cared for personal injury patients is likely familiar with the claims processing software known as Colossus (or you should be). Depending on your data sources (because auto insurance payers aren’t likely to reveal them), the list of carriers who use...