Category: Business Forms and Templates

ABN Refresher and the New 2021 ABN Form

by Marc Abla, CAE | Sep 10, 2020 | Business Forms and Templates, Compliance, Documentation, Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid | 0 |

This week we talk with Dr. Mario Fucinari to cover some changes with Medicare, and clear up some misconceptions with the New 2021 Medicare ABN Form. Watch the video to learn more!

How to renew your license

by Marc Abla, CAE | Jul 15, 2020 | Business Forms and Templates, Frequently Asked Questions, ICS Message, Practice Management | 0 |

This week we provide you with a video tutorial of the license renewal process through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) website. Watch the video to learn how to renew your license.

NEW Mandatory ABN Form to Take Effect January 1, 2021

by Mario Fucinari DC, CCSP, APMP, MCS-P, CPCO | Jul 15, 2020 | Business Forms and Templates, Compliance, Documentation, Featured, Practice Management | 0 |

The new Medicare ABN form was released a few weeks ago, and all providers are required to begin using the new form by August 31, 2020. This article covers how to download the new form, the small changes made in the instructions, and what they mean to you and your patients.

Child Abuse Reporter Training Required for License Renewal 2020

by Adrienne Hersh, JD, ICS Legal Counsel | Jul 8, 2020 | Business Forms and Templates, Compliance, Documentation, Featured, ICS Message, Legal, Personal Development, Practice Management | 0 |

Illinois licensed physicians are included in a list of “mandated reporters” who must notify the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) when they have reasonable cause to believe that a child may be abused or neglected. All mandated reporters, including physicians, must now complete DCFS mandated reporter training under a recent amendment to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, effective January 1, 2020.[i]

Health Care Liens

by ICS Staff | Jun 3, 2020 | Billing and Collections, Business Forms and Templates, Frequently Asked Questions | 0 |

A lien is a legal claim against specific property. A health care lien is a claim against monetary proceeds in an injury case. The Illinois health care lien law refers to individual health care licensees as “health care professionals” and to facility health care licensees as “health care providers.” The law allows health care professionals, such as physicians and other health care professionals, and health care providers such as hospitals, to assert liens for service billings against personal injury monies to be paid to the patient by a negligent party.