Need for Active Treatment (AT) Modifier The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Active Treatment (AT) modifier to define the difference between active treatment and maintenance treatment. Medicare only pays for active/corrective treatment to correct acute or chronic subluxation. Medicare never pays for maintenance therapy. In 2018, the Medicare Fee-for-Service program reported 41 […]
Receiving Medicare Reimbursements with Modifier AT
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Benefits of Outsourcing Chiropractic Billing Services
Running a chiropractic practice is no easy task. Chiropractic treatments usually take longer and require frequent visitations, as a result of which focusing on the other related tasks becomes quite difficult. Medical billing and coding regulations are always changing in the chiropractic and pain management arena. The amount of administrative work involved in the daily […]
Boost Your Chiropractic Billing Collections
With Medicare and private payer insurance changes and new requirements and regulations, chiropractic medical billing has become quite complex. Chiropractors need to revamp their revenue cycle technologies and billing workflows to submit clean claims, reduce denials, and get reimbursed. We shared some Chiropractic Billing Collections strategies that can streamline a practice’s financial workflow and improve […]
Chiropractic billing tips in 2021
Current Procedural Terminology codes are a set of codes published and maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA) for chiropractors and chiropractic billing specialists. Mistakes such as incorrect chiropractic CPT codes can lead to claim rejections and delays in payments and put your practice at risk for failure. Hence to avoid errors you should consider […]
Chiropractic Coding: CPT Codes 98940-98942
Overview of Coverage Requirements The coverage of chiropractic services is precisely limited to treatment by means of manual manipulation (i.e., by use of the hands) of the spine to correct a subluxation. Subluxation is defined as a motion segment in which alignment, movement integrity, and/or physiological function of the spine are altered, although contact between […]
Modifiers in Chiropractic Medical Billing
As per the recent study, it has been noticed that Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) given denials to chiropractic practices for the claims billed with modifiers. Companies that offer medical billing services identified that the majority of the claims were denied owing to the requirement of modifiers 25 and 59. According to the Explanation […]
Chiropractors coding updates in 2021
It has been witnessed that the demand for chiropractic care is increasing owing to a combined treatment for numerous musculoskeletal conditions. Chiropractors practice different techniques in order to lower pain, boost function, and improve mobility in the body. Nevertheless, there are particular codes and billing guidelines to identify such kinds of services. With the help […]
Chiropractic Billing Tips to Increase Revenue
With the modifications in the insurance of private insurance companies, Medicare, regulations, and new necessities chiropractic billing has become more complex. With changing, scenarios chiropractors require to update their billing workflows and revenue generation technologies in order to lower the claim denial ratio, submit transparent claims, and get reimbursed. Following are some of the chiropractic […]
What Are Chiropractic Adjustments?
The chiropractic adjustment is a procedure in which trained specialists use their hands or a small instrument to apply a controlled, sudden force to a spinal joint. The goal of chiropractic adjustment, also known as spinal manipulation, is to correct structural alignment and improve your body’s physical function. A chiropractic adjustment refers to a chiropractor […]
4 Basics of Chiropractic billing services to get paid sooner
We all love helping people, especially those in distress. More importantly, you wouldn’t run a Chiropractic clinic, if you didn’t love assisting those requiring special medical help. With a specific end goal to encourage your patients (customers), you should first encourage yourself. In this day in age, insurance agencies and government regulations can make it […]