Utilizing Recent Graduates in Your Practice
Do you have a recent graduate in your office who has passed their boards, but simply waiting on their license? How do you use them? What do you call them?
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Provider Non-Discrimination Timeline
Provider Non-Discrimination: A Timeline With provider specific reimbursement limitations by...
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BCBS Sends 59 Modifier Letter
The Special Investigations Department of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) recently sent some providers a letter regarding CPT 59 modifier. The letter informs the provider that he or she has been identified as “utilizing modifier 59 at least 50% with the following…therapeutic codes 97110, 97112, 97113, 97116, 97124, 97139, 97140, 97150, 97530, 97532, 97533 and 97535.” The letter cites the average modifier 59 usage with therapy codes as 18.37%.
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Recent Grads Adjusting
Adjusting bony structures is an activity that may only be performed by a licensee under the MPA like a chiropractic, medical or osteopathic physician.
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Gov. Quinn Endorses Parity Among Chiropractic and Allopathic Physicians!
Governor Pat Quinn endorsed legislation that asserts the parity that exists in Illinois between allopathic and chiropractic physicians.
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Gov. Quinn Approves Addition of Chiropractic Physician to State Board of Health!
The latest measure to receive gubernatorial approval adds a chiropractic physician to the Illinois State Board of Health.
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Legislative Update: Medical Malpractice Bill
The “Medical Malpractice” bill for health care providers was signed into law by the Governor, on August 25, 2005, as Public Act 94-677, and is effective.
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Gov. Quinn Approves Chiropractic Physician’s Authority To Issue “Sick Notes”!
After a great deal of strategy and effort by the Illinois Chiropractic Society, both the House and the Senate passed this important legislation.
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