New Advanced Beneficiary Notice in Effect for Medicare on June 30, 2023
by Mario Fucinari • DC, CPCO, CPPM • An updated Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage (ABN) form CMS-R-131 was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OBM) with an expiration date of January 31, 2026, to be used for Medicare patients....
Is a Medicare Advantage Plan Really Medicare?
by Mario Fucinari • DC, CCSP, CPCO • Have you noticed an increase in the number of Medicare Advantage calling your office? A recent study revealed that in 2023, the average Medicare beneficiary could choose from 43 different Medicare Advantage plans...
Living in the Green
by Carol J. Winkler, DC • President, Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards • When it comes to living “green,” one usually assumes a natural lifestyle, organic food, climate change awareness, recycling, and efficient energy consumption. When it comes to...
Seven Steps to Reboot Patient Retention: Post Pandemic Practice Recovery
by Mark Sanna, DC, ACRB Level II, FICC • President & CEO Breakthrough Coaching • One of the challenges that chiropractors and their practice team members confronted as the result of the pandemic was an increase in the...
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Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $15,024? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $15,024 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.