The Illinois Chiropractic Society continues to work on the BCBS/Orthonet issue through communications with many physicians around the state and BCBS directly. In a previous meeting, BCBS asked the ICS to cease promoting our Patient Advocacy Campaign. However, we believe this is an important endeavor and continue to ask our doctors to participate.
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A variety of ERISA resources
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The following document is a supplemental worksheet for Stanley Greenfield’s handbook. If you would like information on this material, please call the ICS office.
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These forms are being made available to our members. Remember, forms are only a small portion of the requirements for HIPAA compliance. Offices must have the correct policies, positions, forms, AND training.
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Sometimes our members’ ability to order lab work, blood tests, physical therapy and the like may be challenged by other offices or facilities. The ICS Staff has created the following letters to assist our members with these issues.
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The Assignment form is a crucial document that you must obtain in order to serve as the authorized representative of the patient to pursue the patient’s rights under ERISA. In other words, ERISA is a right belonging to the patient – not the doctor – unless the doctor obtains an Assignment. Use the Form and article below for more information:
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The MPA requires 150 hours of CME for the licensing period, divided into 60 hours in Category I and 90 hours in Category II. For the renewal period in 2002 and thereafter, physicians will be responsible for 150 hours for the three-year licensing period earned during that period.
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he antitrust laws of the United States and the various states prohibit agreements, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of trade. Business competitors are prohibited from engaging in actions that could result in unreasonable restraint of trade (i.e. price fixing).
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