In my last article, I discussed my role as an educator when meeting with new legislators and staff at the Statehouse. Now that we are in the midst of the legislative session, conversations have shifted from “who we are” to “what we need.”
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois informed the Illinois Chiropractic Society of their intentions regarding the changes to the -59 modifiers.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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