SMART Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation, Compliance & Business Strategies from Dr. Tom Necela
Although a chiropractic non-compete agreement is not part of every chiropractic associate contract, most have them. In fact, many chiropractors who are seeking an associate employment position are unable to avoid signing a non-compete agreement. For a business owner that is seeking to employ an associate chiropractor, there are obvious practical advantages of having a non-compete agreement, plus the experience …
Renting Space can be a chiropractic practice sale mistake that some chiropractors will make during the course of their transition, but the Space for Rent scenario is a particularly deadly error you want to avoid — unless you want to permanently ruin your chances for an eventual office sale. Since chiropractors who are looking to sell or transition their chiropractic office …
The present real estate market is having a profound effect on our profession — especially if your planning to buy OR sell a chiropractic practice- or even transition in any fashion here in the near future. Here’s a quick update on how & why: First, let’s define who this article is for. This post applies to you if (in the next …
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) just sent a polite, but firm, letter that objects to the new United Healthcare Chiropractic policy that is presently creating quite a stink in our profession. The letter was co-signed by State Association Presidents as well as other prominent political advocates for the chiropractic profession such as Jay Greenstein, DC of Clinical Compass, Don Cross, …
I frequently get questions from docs who are looking to place an associate chiropractor wanted for buyout ad – and aren’t quite sure about some of the buyout details. Interestingly enough, we get an almost equal number of questions from the other side of the fence – from DC’s who have responded to an associate chiropractor wanted ad – and …
If you are an Aetna chiropractor, receiving payment for many of your services may now be in jeopardy thanks to three of their recent policy updates: one for chiropractic services and one for complementary and alternative medicine (both updated in June) and physical therapy services (updated earlier this year). The bad news is that this will affect all chiropractors – …
While chiropractors may have been busy having some summer fun, CMS announced that there was a revision in the Medicare Chiropractic Documentation guidelines. The guidelines were released on June 18, 2018 and this change effects every Medicare carrier in the country. So if you are a chiropractor who treats Medicare patients – regardless of whether you are PAR or NON-PAR …
Chiropractors looking to exit the profession or transition into a different situation frequently contact us or attend one of our webinars to discover how to sell a chiropractic practice. It is certainly tempting to try to sell your practice yourself, especially if you look at a chiropractic practice broker’s commission or transition consultant’s fee as an expense that will decrease …
If you are a United Healthcare® chiropractor (regardless of whether you are in or out of network), beware of their new limitations of what you cannot treat (at least if you want to be paid). UHC’s June 2018 policy update on spinal manipulation provides a very significant and admittedly strange entry into their widening “experimental and investigational services” category. Of course, …
Many chiropractors looking to make the next move in their career wonder if they can afford to buy a chiropractic practice. Whether the price point of the practice is $500,000, $50,000 or anywhere above or below that mark, most docs don’t have a clue about what they can actually afford. Of course, you’ve heard the old adage, “You’ve got to …
