Chiropractic Resources

With providers rapidly moving towards offering telehealth services many are seeking out best practices for this new service offering. One of the areas that providers must make sure to consider is the documentation requirements that may vary from a...

Telemedicine Considerations During the Time of COVID-19 By Kathy Mills Chang, MCS-P, CCPC, CCCA We’re always hoping to learn new things but WOW, we didn’t expect to be immersed in so many new things at once. In the world of healthcare, depending on...

COVID Coding Conundrums By Kathy Mills Chang, MCS-P, CCPC, CCCA During this uncertain time, Chiropractors have been called on to care for our communities in ways out of standard methods. This means that some practices may need to know diagnosis codes for...

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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...

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...

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...

If you haven’t started reporting to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), this may mean a few things. Maybe you are reporting to the test pace and waiting for the right moment to get that one submission in order. Perhaps you are taking the...

In our previous posts, we have noted the lack of Chiropractic-based Quality measures covered by the Quality Payment Program (QPP). This has troubled many chiropractors and many have wondered where chiropractors fit into the program. The ChiroTouch team...

Many healthcare offices make the mistake of thinking they are too small for a cyber attack – considering that only the largest ones, like the Anthem Breach, make news. But breaches are not just for the big boys. Small and medium-sized businesses...

2016 set the record for data breaches. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) yearly breach list, there were 781 reported breaches in 2015 and 1,093 in 2016 – with 2016 representing a whopping 40% increase. With 456 reported...

Are you seeking clarity around the purpose of the Quality section of the Quality Payment Program (QPP)?  Still need some information on the essentials of the program?  Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) March newsletter...

Time is the most valuable of all commodities, and for you as a DC, this is no exception. No one can make more of it, and every moment that passes can never be reclaimed. Therefore, it’s imperative to do what you can not to waste it, in this regard the...

What’s in a large set of data? As it turns out quite a bit of information, and the evolving modern healthcare initiative is out to find it. By now the terms big data, interoperability, and evidence-based treatment have been on the streets for some...