Chiropractic Resources

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...

Improving the efficiency of your chiropractic office is in the best interest of your practice, your staff, and your patients; it can increase your profits.  It can be difficult, however to know where to start when you have a full patient load and...

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...

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...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released another proposal regarding calendar year 2018, the second year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). In this latest release, CMS is focusing on reducing burden to both reporting providers...

As of January 1st, 2017, the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) ended and gave way to the Quality category under the new Quality Payment Program. Attestation for PQRS was accepted until March 31st, 2017. Any penalty or payment incurred under that...

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...

Chiropractic can be incredibly profitable, but often profits decrease because of poor management, time-consuming manual processes, missing or inadequate technology, and a lack of inspiration. When it comes to the ultimate success of a practice,...

The long wait is over! On Friday, October 14, 2016, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule implementing The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The MACRA act establishes new ways to pay...

As a savvy chiropractic practice owner, you know that there is much more in your basket of risks than a simple slowdown in their flow of new and returning patients. Staffing changes, malpractice lawsuits, cash flow problems, and software and compliance...