Chiropractic Coding & Billing Articles

On August 3, 2020, the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2021 was released. This 1,355 page document includes some sweeping changes to the Medicare program. There are a few i ...

G8730, when is it required. Many G codes are still active and are required for non-quality reporting. ...

We recently heard about a small practice that had been faithfully submitting all the required “G” codes for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) only to discover that for 2018 they are ...

We received this email from a chiropractic colleague: “I recently attended a continuing education seminar accredited by a chiropractic college. The presenter was talking about outco ...

Does every single visit need to document quality and quantity of pain and an update to the treatment plan? ...

Doing the MIPS Minimum - Penny Wise but Pound Foolish? Are you planning to “do the MIPS minimum” - the “Test” reporting option - in 2017 and submit the minimum amount of dat ...

MIPS is a program that allows Medicare to collect data from providers about high quality low cost care that uses technology effectively. There are four categories and providers need to ...

Arlington, Va. - The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the federal agency ...

We have one doctor in our practice who qualifies under the MIPS guidelines so he is continuing to use the PQRS and G-codes. We are having the rest of our doctors do the same, just in ca ...

What is MIPS and what now? ...

Question: Is it true that I can opt out of MIPS & MACRA if my part B charges are less than or equal to $30,000? If so, are the charges based on covered Medicare charges (98940, 98941, 9 ...

If you thought that quality reporting is just for CMS, you are wrong. Other payers recognize the need to establish quality metrics. ...

When CMS Released the NPRM regarding the Quality Payment Program (QPP), it included two payment tracks: MIPS and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Accountable Care Organizatio ...

The government has become increasingly concerned with how they spend money in the healthcare sector. As part of the latest proposal to fix this, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthoriza ...

On October 14, HHS finalized its policy implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive payment provisions in the ...