BCBSIL Orthotics
The ICS has received a number of member calls reporting an increase in Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) claim denials for foot orthotics.
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Assumed Business Names
Did you know that if the name of your practice does not contain your given name, under the law you are using an assumed name, regardless of the business structure of the entity? Conducting business under this type of name is often referred to as a “d/b/a” or “doing business as” the entity using an assumed name.
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Protect Yourself
What is your prized possession and what is it worth to you? For many, perhaps it is a car, a boat, a horse or other valuable possession. Now think about what it would mean to you to lose it. How would your life be impacted? Do you actively protect it? Do you maintain it? Do you invest in it? Would losing it impact your joy?
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Vertigo affects as many as 35% of adults aged 40 years or older in the United States—approximately 69 million Americans—have experienced some form of vestibular dysfunction (1).
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Office Compliance Program
The Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act of 2010 amended a number of legislative provisions concerning healthcare fraud and abuse.
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Medicare’s Quality Payment Program
As part of the latest proposal to fix this problem, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was passed in 2015.
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License Investigations by the State of Illinois – Know the Process
Understandably, no one is happy to hear that he or she is the subject of a license investigation by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). However, as with any other worrisome situation, lack of knowledge about the process causes much of the trauma. There can be long blocks of time during which the licensee hears nothing, which in itself is very unnerving. Knowing what procedures to expect, together with careful handling of the case, can ease the stress considerably.
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How Technology is Rewiring the Brains of our Children
The Kaiser Family Foundation Study is also unique for the fact that it has completed its 3rd wave since 1999. In addition to the information it provides about media use by the young, it also is able to track the changes in media habits, as well. The initial study was released in 1999, the second in 2004 and the most recent in 2009.
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