November 2011
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Is Patient Education Worth the Time?
Is Patient Education Worth the Time?
by Dr. David Bohn, DC
Chiropractors will talk about educating patients and never question that an educated patient is more likely to begin care and then stick with a recommended care plan. When many chiropractors elect to educate their patients they usually fail to do it in a creative way that attracts and holds attention, answers the questions that really...
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Still Using Handwritten Notes?
Still Using Handwritten Notes? I get several calls a week from doctors who are still using handwritten travel cards or antiquated computer technology because they either have very little computer knowledge or do not like to change. Well, let me be the one to break the news, computerized notes with EMR/EHR technology is here to stay. If you are one of those chiropractors who has been putting off...
July 2011
2 posts
Reminder about your invitation from David Bohn
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Reminder about your invitation from David Bohn
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June 2011
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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
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January 2011
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A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN 2011
A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN 2011
Health: 1. Drink plenty of water. 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. 3. Eat more foods that grow ON trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured IN plants.. 4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy. 5. Make time to pray. 6. Play more games 7. Read more books than you did in 2010...
September 2010
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WatchHere is the blue tooth mac keyboard with my iPad running quicksoap notes. Full features, no need to use a desktop touchscreen.
August 2010
2 posts
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EHR Stimulus Funds for Chiropractic Note Programs
On July 16, 2010 the “Final Rule” regarding Meaningful Use criteria and EHR (Electronic Health Records) Financial Incentives was released and has generated lots of questions and a lot of confusion for many chiropractors about how to obtain stimulus dollars for documentation software (EHR/EMR). Several times a week a chiropractor will ask me if my program QuickSOAP Notes...
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Have You Recieved Your Medicare Audit Letters Yet?
I am hearing from many of my clients and some billing and coding professionals that I know that Medicare has stepped up its audits and reviews on chiropractors.
Medicare carriers around the country are sending out these audits as part of President Obama’s Executive Order # 13520, “Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs.” The goal of this order is to...
April 2010
1 post
Medicare Publishes Chiropractic Assessment...
The other day, the Medicare service provider (Palmetto GBA) issued the company’s first Quarter findings regarding Medical Reviews they’ve recently been performing. Although Palmetto is just one of many companies that administer claims for Medicare, their results happen to be highly relevant to doctors of chiropractic as well as, in my own past experiences, reflective of tendencies...
March 2010
2 posts
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CMS on "Meaningful use" →
This is an audio from CMS on meaningful use to qualify for stimulus funds on EHR or EMR systems and documentation.
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Qualifying for reimbursement payments for...
Under the Medicare and Medicaid from Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Q. Briefly, what does the bill mean to the typical chiropractor?
A. If you are reading this then you likely have already heard something about receiving 44K in stimulus money. Probably some software company, a speaker at a convention, or one of your friends has told you that in order to get your...
February 2010
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Documentation of Chiropractic Medical Necessity.
by David Bohn, DC www.chiroconceptions.com and www.quicksoapnotes.om If you take time to follow some basics documenting your daily office visits should not be difficult. Perhaps to make it simple let’s look at what we shouldn’t do.. You cannot create some magic formula to stamp out documents to meet medical necessity guidelines. I get asked all them time if my note program...
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25 Criteria For Meaningful Chiropractic EMR...
Adopting an electronic medical records (EMR) system could net you up to $44,000 in government incentive money. Or it could be a complete waste of your hard earned dollars. Anytime I am out and about speaking to doctors of chiropractic or simply addressing problems on the telephone I am very often questioned if my QuickSOAP Notes (www.chiroconceptions.com <http://www.chiroconceptions.com>)...
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Correcting, Amending, or Altering Chiropractic...
For More Information: www.quicksoapnotes.com or www.chiroconceptions.com
What must you do if you find an omission? Suppose you review a person’s previous SOAP note and learn that you forgot to record that you made an scheduled appointment to get a new patient x-ray? Or suppose you talked about the x-rays and in the process of documenting the findings, accidentally left a key finding from...
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Tips for Properly Billing Chiropractic Codes
When doing your billing consider these tips:
1. All E/M chiropractic codes should have a -25 modifier (i.e 99201-25, 99211-25) when billed with other services 2. All 98943 (extremity adjustments) should have a different diagnosis linked to it than the 98940-2 (spinal adjustment codes). For example, 98941—— 739.1, 739.2; 98943——— 739.7 3. 97140 and 97112 must...
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Are You Giving Your Services Away?
Most chiropractors are performing a great deal of services that they are not billing for. You should bill and get paid for the services that you perform. You may be able to increase your reimbursement by $100-$200 per visit and you are giving the service away by not properly billing. You can do this by simply using the appropriate Chiropractic codes. Here are some examples: Examples of...
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Medicare Chiropractic Codes
Billing Medicare can be confusing for a new chiropractor and sometimes for an established chiropractor.
Coverage of chiropractic services is specifically limited to treatment by means of manual manipulation (i.e., by use of hands) of the spine for the purpose of correcting a subluxation. For the purpose of Medicare Chiropractic codes, a subluxation is defined as a motion segment in which...
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How to Reduce Clinical Record Requests by 50% →
ACA recommended a set of 11 documentation requirements to be considered as appropriate in patient record keeping. Some of the insurers present at the meeting agreed that using these practices could reduce clinical record requests by 50 percent.
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Here's what to look for when reviewing your...
When it came to discussing medical documentation, here are some fundamental suggestions on how to make the insurance process work more smoothly:
* Don’t ignore a request for records. The sooner they’re received, the quicker the reimbursement process moves.
* Sometimes the codes do not correlate. For example if you use ICD-9 for “lumbago.” That’s non-specific for the...
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Better Documentation, Better Reimbursement
You don’t have to file forms in triplicate, but proper documentation creates proper reimbursement, giving you consistency when it comes time to analyze your profit margins By Craig Berko, D.C. Though Shakespeare’s character Hamlet never asked, “To document or not to document?” this question should be answered in your office as soon as possible. And here are two reasons why: Can you...
Great Site by Frank Painter, DC on Documentation →
Dr Painter started this site years ago and it was one of the first for chiropractors. It still offers good content and has some useful forms. Let him know that you appreciate it if you use it.
Do you really need a CCHIT or ARRA certified...
Doctors,
Here is what I have found to be true regarding EMR certification for chiropractic software as it applies to the stimulus package plan.
In order to be eligible for the $44,000.00 stimulus package, doctors will have to meet 25 important “Meaningful use” objectives
Doctors will have to meet them all or they will not receive any Stimulus incentive dollars.
What YOU need to...
Learn what you are and be such.
-Pindar
iPad Chiropractic and Massage Touch SOAP Notes
www.chiroconceptions.com will be releasing a massage therapy version of our quicksoap product for the soon to be released iPad. The price point for massage therapists will be $99 and for chiropractors $199. This is a stand alone product and will generate excellent daily notes in less than 15 seconds. Follow me for updates on this exciting one of a kind product!
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Pain Related to Bad Weather Conditions
If you seem to have increased pain when the weather goes bad then you may find this medical study interesting.
Weather Conditions and Spinal Patients Spine: Volume 29(12), June 15, 2004, pp 1369-1373 Glaser, John A. MD; Keffala, Valerie PhD; Spratt, Kevin PhD
FROM ABSTRACT Study Design: A retrospective study. Objectives. To evaluate the effects of various weather conditions on reported health...
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Correctly documenting, coding, and billing for... →
Many chiro’s do not document a hip or SI problem correctly when it is part of a patient’s presenting complaint. This is a good article on why this is important. If you have documentation problems check out my note program
For information on what a chiropractic note should... →
January 2010
3 posts
iPad Chiropractic and Massage Touch SOAP Notes
www.chiroconceptions.com will be releasing a massage therapy version of our quicksoap product for the soon to be released iPad. The price point for massage therapists will be $99 and for chiropractors $199. This is a stand alone product and will generate excellent daily notes in less than 15 seconds. Follow me for updates on this exciting one of a kind product!
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