The Illinois Chiropractic Society (ICS) would like to inform you, that beginning November 1, 2018, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) will no longer accept paper applications for new licenses. All applications for licensure will be required to be completed and submitted online with this process change.
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The Illinois Chiropractic Society (ICS) is proud to announce the following distinguished award winners 2018 Chicago National Convention:
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If you want to become more involved with Substance Abuse Prevention in your area, contact the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health.
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Statistics indicate that only about 3% of chiropractic physicians participated in the initial roll-out of MIPS (2017), and, with the new thresholds that exempt more providers in 2018, that number fell to 1%. However, some non-participating providers have asked how MIPS impacts their practice.
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As the Illinois Chiropractic Society reported in July, UnitedHealthcare released a new medical policy stating that manipulative therapy as treatment for neurological disorders (including headaches) was “unproven and/or not medically necessary.”
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UnitedHealthcare issued a new reimbursement policy on June 1, 2018 that negatively impacts evidence-based practice reimbursement in a chiropractic physicians office.
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Medicare is now in full swing of changing their patient cards. In fact, all Medicare patients will receive new cards by April 2019, and Medicare announced this week that they have begun to ship cards to patients in Illinois. If you are not aware of this change, we are encouraging our members to familiarize with the cards and what to expect.
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Chiropractic Physicians are not allowed to opt-out of Medicare. However, in an attempt to avoid the regulations, billing requirements, and documentation requirements, some chiropractic physicians attempt to find the loopholes in this prohibition.
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