Be Ready When CAs Need to Step Up
by Mark Sanna, DC, ACRB Level II, FICC • President & CEO Breakthrough Coaching • Most practices have employees with different levels of potential. The key is for practice owners and managers to identify team members with the right...
A Date with Box 14
by Mario Fucinari • DC, CPCO, CPPM • Medicare has announced that audits have resumed as part of the contractor’s responsibilities. While it is true that typically they are just “fishing,” certain information you send in with your claims may trigger...
Four Practical Steps to Freeing Up Time
by Holly Jensen • Chief Operations Officer for Cash Practice Systems • “I just need a few more hours in the day!” Have you ever had one of those days where you’ve said that? Maybe you’re having one of those days right now! No matter...
Reason for Denial: Manipulation is Not Within My Scope…WAIT…WHAT??
by Marty Kotlar, DC, CPCO, CBCS • President of Target Coding • Question: Dr. Kotlar, I have recently received quite a few denials from an insurance company stating that CPT code 98941 is denied when performed by a doctor of...
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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.