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Medicare Part B’s advance beneficiary notice

Chiropractic Economics

Let’s interpret the Act as it relates to chiropractic spinal adjustments. When documentation is compared to billing, as much as 78% of the time providers were found to be billing for treatment didn’t meet the definition of medical necessity. It all comes down to the documentation.

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Chiropractic maintenance care: How to recognize it, document it and code it

Chiropractic Economics

This article describes what maintenance care is and how it should be documented and coded in your practice. Remember, even if you are not billing insurance, your state licensing board usually has guidelines for minimal documentation requirements within the scope of your practice.

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Structured rehabilitation plan in personal injury

Chiropractic Economics

Attorneys rely on your evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, documentation and billing to establish the full extent of medical damages and support settlement demands, making your role indispensable. A thorough assessment and diagnosis serve as the foundation for a care plan and as crucial evidence that supports the patients PI lawsuit.

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Why personal injury should be one of your specialty segments

Chiropractic Economics

Your treatment, documentation and billing are the foundational support for your patients pain and suffering, which the attorney uses to get higher settlements. Document well Your detailed treatment notes and professional insights are indispensable to attorneys. Skeptical about being paid in full? So, lead that charge for your practice!

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The body’s own cannabinoid system for healing

Chiropractic Economics

The ECS and pain management One of the most well-documented functions of the ECS is its role in modulating pain. Manual adjustments can influence the nervous system, potentially affecting the ECS by altering nerve signals and reducing stress on the body.

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Chiropractic documentation: Are you the droid they’re looking for?

Chiropractic Economics

The devil is in the details of chiropractic documentation, and it’s painfully obvious when that’s missing. If it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen Most DCs aren’t deliberately and knowingly breaking the law. They make chiropractic documentation errors not with the cold intent to defraud, but from sheer ignorance or overwhelm.

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How to use Arnica for pain relief in your practice: A complementary option to help your patients

Chiropractic Economics

However, for most causes of pain, there are solutions that can help patients delay or even avoid taking these medications, which have well-documented serious side effects. Chiropractic adjustments restore proper nerve function through spinal alignment, allowing the body to heal itself rather than simply dulling pain as painkillers do.

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