Category: Medicare and Medicaid

Illinois Chiropractic Physicians Lobby Congress

by Ben Schwarm | Feb 1, 2023 | ICS Message, Legislative, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |

Several chiropractic doctors from Illinois met with elected officials in Washington D.C. to advocate for the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act, which aims to expand Medicare coverage for chiropractic services. Read the article for more!

Medicare Releases New 2023 Fee Schedule

by ICS Staff | Jan 13, 2023 | Billing and Collections, Compliance, Featured, ICS Message, Medicare and Medicaid, Practice Management | 0 |

Medicare has released the new 2023 fee schedule. The new schedule adheres to the recent Congressional changes. Read the article to learn more!

Proposed Bill Reduces Medicare Fee Cuts

by ICS Staff | Dec 21, 2022 | ICS Message, Legislative, Medicare and Medicaid, zall | 0 |

On Monday night, Congress introduced the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, which is a bi-partisan budget deal worth $1.66 billion for 2023. The deal aims to partially address the upcoming Medicare fee schedule cuts. The Act was passed by the Senate on Wednesday. For more information, please read the article.

The ICS files comments seeking full coverage under Medicaid rules

by ICS Staff | Dec 7, 2022 | ICS Message, Insurance, Legislative, Medicare and Medicaid, Opioid and Drug Use Disorder, Practice Management, Scope of Practice, zall | 0 |

The Illinois Chiropractic Society has submitted written comments in response to the recently proposed administrative rules filed by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) regarding the state Medicaid program. Although the law now allows much broader coverage, the proposed rules, published on September 30, 2022, would reinstate only limited Medicaid coverage for adults for just one chiropractic service: “manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation of the spine which has resulted in neuromusculoskeletal condition for which the manipulation is an appropriate treatment”.