News on Medicare

Aromatherapy Online Courses-Learn The Power of Aromatherapy

2010-11-03T09:49:26Z

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Do Doctors Hate Chiropractors?

2010-10-27T06:43:50Z

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How to Bill for Chiropractic Services

2010-10-22T15:53:15Z

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Denial for Services Done by Staff

2010-04-16T13:49:02Z

Q I recently was denied for a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&amp;R) service (codes 97001-97755) with the statement that the carrier does not pay when the services are not done by the doctor. In the state in which I practice, I may supervise a staff person to do physical therapy, and I have always billed under my license and been paid for the services. Therefore, is it legal for the carrier to make this denial?

A I have had several inquiries on this issue in the pa...

Looking Back: 1999

2010-04-16T14:55:14Z

As we celebrate our 25th anniversary as the definitive news and information source for the chiropractic profession, we look back at the important events as reported in DC since 1983, while also looking forward to the future. Throughout 2008, we will feature a review of the top headlines in chiropractic for a given year, along with an article on the future of chiropractic authored by an influential member of the profession.

January 1999: Eisenberg Study Documents Rise in Alternative...

We Get Letters & E-Mail

2010-04-16T14:55:41Z

"There Is Absolutely No Excuse for Poor Documentation"

Dear Editor:

I read with interest your article, "Is Failure to Document Giving Chiropractic a Black Eye?" in the July 30 issue [www.chiroweb.com/archives/23/16/11.html]. While I disagree with many of the findings of the OIG report, I find the responses of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) laughable. The official res...

Insurance Coverage

2010-04-16T17:56:56Z

Insurance Coverage . Compared with other CAM therapies, insurance coverage for chiropractic services is extensive. Many HMOs (health maintenance organizations) and private health care plans cover chiropractic treatment, as do all state workers' compensation systems. Chiropractors can bill Medicare, and many states cover chiropractic treatment under Medicaid. If you have health insurance, check whet...

A Strategy for Health Care Reform

2010-04-16T13:09:34Z

It's a presidential election year and politicians are confronted with constituents clamoring for solutions to our existing health care crisis. Health care spending in the United States first soared above $2 trillion in 2006 and is projected to exceed $4.2 trillion by 2017.' Federal forecasters have projected that within a decade, health care expenditures will represent 20 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).2 According to ...

MEDICARE POLL

2010-12-30T01:00:26Z

Graphic shows poll results on public opinion about Medicare

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Medicare and the Boomers

2010-12-29T08:01:23Z

Fred Wemer stands outside his home in Seattle, in this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Wermer is a retired dentist and says Medicare pays his medical bills well enough, but he thinks there's a lot of waste in the program and doubts it will be there for his grandchildren. He opposes turning Medicare into a voucher plan for the purchase of private in...

Medicare Cuts

2010-11-12T14:03:03Z

Information relating to Medicare is seen at the offices of Dr. Kathryn Wagner, a breast cancer surgeon, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in San Antonio. Wagner has posted the warning in her waiting room about a different sort of risk to patients' health. The sign says she'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts in doc...

Medicare Sleuths

2010-08-08T02:00:13Z

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wears two pairs of glasses while reading during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks about the Social Security and Medicare Trustees report, Thursday, A...