ICS Staff, Author at Illinois Chiropractic Society

BCBS-IL and the New X Modifiers (-59)

Posted by ICS Staff | Mar 31, 2015 | Billing and Collections, Insurance, zall | 0 |

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois informed the Illinois Chiropractic Society of their intentions regarding the changes to the -59 modifiers.

A Digital Look Forward

Posted by ICS Staff | Dec 1, 2014 | HIPAA, zall | 0 |

This article aims to give you the 10,000-foot fly-by on recent legislation and where we believe we are heading in the sharing of digital information.

Public Health Releases Ebola Checklist

Posted by ICS Staff | Oct 30, 2014 | Clinical, Compliance, Practice Management, zall | 0 |

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked that the following be disseminated to primary care physicians in an effort to remind personnel to:

Aetna ASH Alert

Posted by ICS Staff | Oct 29, 2014 | Insurance, zall | 0 |

Many ICS members received a letter, dated September 25, 2014, from Aetna indicating that Aetna will be returning to a direct agreement program with chiropractic providers as of January 1, 2015.

BCBSIL – Licensed Massage Therapists Delegation Alert

Posted by ICS Staff | Oct 29, 2014 | ICS Message, Insurance, zall | 0 |

As the ICS previously reported to members, BCBSIL published a notice in May and June of this year that it intended to change its policy regarding claims and reimbursement for services provided by licensed massage therapists. Subsequent to BCBSIL’s announcements, the ICS sent two written inquiries to BCBSIL questioning the changed policy.

EOB as a “Health Record”

Posted by ICS Staff | Jul 15, 2014 | Compliance, Documentation, Electronic Health Records, Frequently Asked Questions, HIPAA, zall | 0 |

Is an insurance company’s or health plan’s Explanation of Benefits (EOB) part of a patient’s health record under HIPAA or State law?

EHR Audits on the Rise

Posted by ICS Staff | Jul 10, 2014 | Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |

In January 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that electronic health records (EHRs) have created new exposures to healthcare fraud and abuse, and, as a result, they requested CMS and their contracted MACs revise their approaches to protect against fraud and abuse.

2014 Legislative Update

Posted by ICS Staff | Jun 17, 2014 | ICS Message, Legislative, zall | 0 |

Provided all goes as planned, May 31st should mark the end of Illinois’ 98th General Assembly. Legislative sessions span a two year period of time and typically are viewed as having a regular first year and a shorter second. According to the House Rule 18(b), bills this second year should be either budgetary in nature or “to be of an emergency nature or to be of substantial importance to the operation of government.”