Chiropractic Resources

ChiroTouch, the leading provider of electronic healthcare records and practice management software for the chiropractic profession, is pleased to announce a partnership with the Academy of Chiropractic that will expand its personal injury (PI) patient...

-The HIPAA Journal: HIPAA Compliance Checklist https://www.hipaajournal.com/hipaa-compliance-tips/ -HIPAA Security Checklist for Healthcare https://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/comments_upload/hipaa-security-checklist.pdf -HealthIT.gov:...

Many Chiropractors think that diagnosing Medicare patients is one of the simpler things they must do. After all, most Part B Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) provide a list of approved diagnosis codes to use. Many even provide guidance on the...

Chiropractic CPT Codes – Current Procedural Terminology or CPT Codes are intended to provide consistent information about a patient’s condition for procedures, medical services and healthcare billing. Learn more! Chiropractic CPT Codes The American...

Doctors in other fields are more likely to experience lawsuits than a chiropractor, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen to you. If you are hit with a lawsuit and don’t have sufficient insurance, you could end up in bankruptcy while also losing...

It’s nearly the end of 2018, and while people are getting into the holiday spirit, there are also practical matters to consider when it comes to insurance benefits. Advising your patients on how to make the most of their benefits by year’s end is a...

Selecting Medicare billing codes may be one of the simplest tasks we have, because there are only three spinal chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT) codes that are covered under Medicare. However, our audits reveal significant errors. Most revolve...

What are SOAP Notes? The term chiropractic “SOAP notes” has nothing to do with working up a lather. So what does “SOAP” stand for? It stands for “Subjective Objective Assessment Plan,” which provides documentation of a patient’s...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) organization has recently made a terminology change to the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). This category, which includes the measures that must be...

Are you noticing that you have been receiving rejected claims for physical therapy services?  On January 1, 2017, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released MLN Matters Number: MM10176 a notice indicating that certain services were...

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that they will be issuing new ID cards.  Starting in April 2018 Medicare will be mailing new cards to beneficiaries. These cards will have a new identification number that is...

Even if you are a solo practitioner, you have a partner in your practice – your chiropractic software.  Just as you would want the best possible human partner to share your practice, it’s also critical to do your homework and take the time to choose...

On average, 30 percent of patients walk out of a chiropractic office without paying their bill. That is a disturbing statistic, and means your practice is forced to spend time and therefore money chasing down delinquent accounts. For many practices, it...

Have you noticed that more of your peers are receiving records requests?  Are there more stories circulating about chiropractic audits? These are not rumors, unfortunately, the number of records requests has been increasing.  The increase in requests...

Benchmarking.  Never heard of it? You’re not alone.  Benchmarking is a term that refers to the process of identifying an industry’s best practices.  These best practices, forged by the leaders of each business community, can be used to evaluate...