This is a question I get all the time, but unfortunately the answer is not always as clean and simple as you’d like. Here’s why: 1) Each state can dictate how long you must store records: if you start with your state law, this will cover the majority of your...
It’s bad enough to be on the receiving end of an audit. But what produces pure frustration AND a feeling of powerlessness is when payers recoup your money by offsetting payments from future checks regardless of whether they had the right to recover their money in that...
There’s a potential Achilles heel in chiropractic documentation that I’ve pointed out over the years in my seminars and webinars. Though this oversight is a huge one, it’s been a “theoretical” crack in the pavement…until recently. The trouble is your chiropractic...
For years, HIPAA has been known as a “paper tiger” because it looked fierce on paper but in reality, it delivered the impact of paper cut. Unfortunately, those days are done. And 2016 marks a new era in HIPAA hassles and chiropractic compliance concerns (see my...
Too many chiropractors hire their associate doctors at the wrong time, without the proper milestones to measure progress in place and with no cohesive plan for how that associate will fit into the overall strategy for growth. As a result, the associateship either...
When it comes to audits of any kind, no one wants to get “the letter.” Statistically speaking, there is approximately a 1 in 20 chance right now that you, as a chiropractor, will get audited THIS YEAR. In fact, in any given year. That’s just based on...