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• The Compliant Wellness Practice
• The Bulletproof Practice - Part 1
• The Bulletproof Practice - Part 2
• Saving the Profession from Tyranny
• Do you want to re-define medical necessity?
January/23/2012
2012 Pain Assessment Codes

January/18/2012
2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

January/03/2012
COMPLIANCE IS NOT AN OPTION

January/02/2012
2012 ABN REMINDER

December/21/2011
Medicare Cuts in 2012

December/21/2011
NEW HIPAA 5010 FORMAT

October/14/2011
New ABN Requirement Delayed to 1/12/2012

October/12/2011
Medicare Revalidation Marches On

September/26/2011
Medicare Comparative Billing Report Part 2

September/21/2011
Revised ABN set for November 1

September/08/2011
EHR INCENTIVE FOR 2011

July/26/2011
NEW ABN - MANDATORY REQUIREMENT DATE

July/21/2011
NATIONAL RR MEDICARE UPDATE FOR CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES

June/05/2011
JUDGE ORDERS EX-LAWRENCE CHIROPRACTIC CLINICS OPERATOR TO PAY $6.7 MILLION

June/01/2011
OIG Reports Audits and Legal Action Could Snare Up to $3.4 Billion

April/25/2011
HB127-LAW-FOR-ADVANCED-PRACTICE-CHIROPRACTORS-PRESCRIBING-RIGHTS-FAILS

April/18/2011
MEDICARE ATTESTATION OPENS FOR THE EHR INCENTIVE PROGRAM

February/11/2011
NCMS Opposes Rule That Would Equate Medical School and Chiropractic School

January/05/2011
2011 Medicare Fee Schedule

December/23/2010
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS INCENTIVES REGISTRATION STARTS JAN. 3, 2011

December/14/2010
DOJ recovers record $3 billion from fraud claims

November/22/2010
New MLR Rule Requires Payers to Cut Overhead Costs

November/16/2010
Medicare Part B Premium and Deductible Rates for 2011

October/26/2010
Partial Code Freeze Prior to ICD-10 Implementation

September/16/2010
CMS Laying Groundwork for Medicaid RACs

September/14/2010
UnitedHealth to Pay up to $9.9 Billion in Fines

July/27/2010
HHS approves Florida Medicaid waiver to mine claims in search of fraud

July/22/2010
OIG Analyzes 2009 CERT Errors

July/21/2010
Provider Gets 10 Years - Assistant Gets 2 Years Jail Time

July/08/2010
Obama Names Berwick Administrator of CMS by Recess Appointment

July/06/2010
CMS to Review PECOS Enrollment Process

July/06/2010
\"Doc Fix\" Delaying Medicare Pay Cuts Is Law Until November 30

June/22/2010
CMS Unveils New Website on 'Meaningful Use' Incentives

June/22/2010
Stimulus Tracking Tool To Help Detect Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid

June/01/2010
FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule Until End of 2010

May/28/2010
CMS To Hold Claims

May/20/2010
New Bill Delays Medicare Pay Cut Until 2014, Provides Raises in Interim

April/21/2010
CMS Banking Transition

April/20/2010
CMS Reaching Out To Providers On RAC Issues

April/19/2010
The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 Extends Zero Percent Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

April/13/2010
National Guidelines Clearinghouse publishes CCGPP documents

April/01/2010
Patient-Safety Incidents Accounted For Nearly 100,000 Deaths, $9 Billion In Costs

April/01/2010
Congressional Inaction Means Cut To Medicare Physician Payments Looms, Delay Expected

April/01/2010
Holding of April 2010 Claims for Services Paid Under the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update

March/23/2010
ACA Press Release - Historic Pro-Chiropractic Provisions Will Become Law

March/23/2010
Obama Signs Healthcare Reform Legislation

March/22/2010
House Amends Historic Healthcare Reform Bill Passed Earlier Today

March/22/2010
Identity Theft Warning from Palmetto GBA

March/17/2010
Obama Addresses New Medicare and Medicaid Anti-fraud Plan

March/10/2010
Senate Delays Medicare Pay Cut Until October 1

March/03/2010
Medicare Fee Cuts Delayed Until March 31, 2010

March/01/2010
Medicare to Delay Paying Physician Claims the First 2 Weeks of March

February/23/2010
Recovery Audit Contractors' Fraud Referrals

February/22/2010
Delay of Medicare Pay Cut Stripped From Jobs Bill

February/12/2010
Medicare Pay Cut May Be Delayed Until October

January/30/2010
$1,000,000 OF AUDIT INSURANCE COVERAGE

January/27/2010
HITECH Security Breaches Are About To Cost More

January/06/2010
Hospital Charged with False Claims for Services NOT Medically Necessary

December/29/2009
GAO Supports Doctor Profiling System Based on Medicare Expenses

December/28/2009
Healthcare Fraud Cases Rise 30 Percent

December/22/2009
CMS Claims to be Held 10 Days in January

December/22/2009
Date to Submit Participation Status Extended

December/21/2009
Medicare Cuts Placed on Hold... For Now

December/07/2009
New CMS Edits for Code N264 and N265 Take Effect April 5, 2010

December/04/2009
OIG Reports $20.97 Billion in Savings and Recoveries in FY 2009

November/25/2009
Doctors May Get Help With 4th Delay of FTC Red Flags

November/21/2009
2010 Annual Participation Enrollment Program Extension

November/21/2009
CMS PROPOSES PAYMENT REDUCTION OF -21.5% TO PHYSICIANS IN 2010

November/20/2009
House Passes Bill To Create EHR Loan Program for Physicians

November/19/2009
Medicare Paid $92M In Incentives During 2008

November/18/2009
Feds Ignored Medicare Scam Warnings for Years

November/18/2009
Bill Would Let Medicare Delay Payments When Fraud or Waste is Suspected

November/16/2009
2009 Report States False Medicare Claims Cost Government More Than $47 Billion

November/13/2009
FAIR is the New Ingenix

November/13/2009
'Take the RAC program very seriously,' Florida hospitals warn

November/12/2009
CMS Database Aims To Curb Fraud in Federal Health Care Programs

November/03/2009
HHS Releases Interim Final Rule Strengthening HIPAA Penalties

November/02/2009
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule

October/28/2009
Cuomo Announces New Database To Guide Insurers' Prices, Unveil Doctors Fees

October/27/2009
2010 Medicare Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Premium Rate, and Annual Deductible

October/27/2009
Medicare Part \"E\" Idea Suggested

October/26/2009
Failure To Fix Medicare Doctor Payments Highlights Perennial Problem

October/26/2009
Waste Accounts For $850B Of Healthcare Costs Annually

October/14/2009
OIG May Tighten Medicare, Medicaid Auditing Programs

October/13/2009
GA Chiropractors Accused in $11M Insurance Fraud

October/01/2009
REHAB FACILITY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO SUBMITTING FALSE CLAIMS

September/30/2009
NEW STARK LAW REGULATIONS LOOM OVER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

September/16/2009
Announcing the Release of the Revised CMS-855

September/08/2009
2009 PQRI National Call: September 17, 2009

August/20/2009
What is a the Difference Between an EHR and EMR?

August/17/2009
BCBS Association Puts Its Bank Up For Sale

August/14/2009
Schwarzenegger Vows Tougher Regulation of Misconduct Among Health Professionals

August/12/2009
State Medicaid Fraud Control Units Recovered $1.3 Billion in 2008

August/04/2009
HHS Shifts Enforcement of HIPAA Security Rule to Civil Rights Office

August/03/2009
Providers Already Behind on ICD-10 Implementation

July/30/2009
FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Identity Theft Protection Rule

July/29/2009
IMPROVE Bill Seeks To Fight Medicare Fraud

July/28/2009
Stimulus Package Steps Up Health Data Privacy And Security

July/22/2009
Massachusetts Proposal To End Fee-For-Service Could Be National Model

July/20/2009
U.S. Law Now Requires Data Breach Warnings

July/20/2009
Texas Nurses Indicted After Filing Board Complaint Against Doctor

July/17/2009
HHS Announcement of Employment Expansion

July/16/2009
South Carolina Attorney General Insurance Fraud Division Crackdown

July/15/2009
Two Chiropractors Named in Major Fraud Investigation

July/15/2009
Minnesota Requires Electronic Submission of Health Care Claims

July/14/2009
CMS Updates Interest Rate For Overpayments/Underpayments

July/06/2009
Tennessee Medical Association Sues Collections Company Over Takebacks

July/01/2009
BCBS Sees $350M Gain From Anti-Fraud Investigations

June/30/2009
CMS 'Complex Reviews' On The Way By August Or September

June/24/2009
Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 53 Providers, Execs and Beneficiaries

June/22/2009
Health Net Will Stop Using Ingenix Database

June/18/2009
Medicare Fax Scam Alert

June/15/2009
Federal Court Says States Can Decide Medical Necessity Under Medicaid

June/11/2009
OIG Reports More Than $2.4 Billion in Expected Recoveries

June/04/2009
HFMA Releases Model Charity-Care Policy for Non-Profits

June/03/2009
Claim Adjustment Reason Code (CARC) Update

June/02/2009
Railroad Medicare Posts Procedure to Reopen Claims

June/01/2009
Study Ranks Aetna, Cigna and Humana as Fastest Payers

May/28/2009
Antitrust Laws Could Limit Efforts to Control Prices

May/14/2009
Clarification About the Medical Privacy of Protected Health Information

May/09/2009
White House Plans Tougher Fraud Control Efforts

May/08/2009
FTC Grants 3-month Delay on Red Flags Rule

May/07/2009
OIG Finds Increase of CERT Error Rate for Chiropractic Claims

May/07/2009
Provider Action Needed For CMS Crossover Claims

May/07/2009
Federal Law Would Further Fight Government Healthcare Fraud

May/06/2009
Ingenix Database to Face More Questions from the Federal Government

May/06/2009
Michigan State False Claims Act Reviewed by the OIG

May/05/2009
New CMS Rule Cuts Enrollement Back Billing Time

May/04/2009
Bill Could Lead to More False Claims Prosecutions

May/01/2009
New HIPAA Stadards for 2012

April/16/2009
New Interest Rates for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments Announced

April/07/2009
San Diego System Fights RAC Procedures

April/01/2009
United Health Group Face Skeptical Senate Panel

March/27/2009
Florida Senators Introduce Bill To Prevent Medicaid Fraud

March/19/2009
City of Angels Hospital Exec Pleads Guilty to Medical Fraud

March/18/2009
Federal Stimulus May Not Be Enough For EMR

March/17/2009
Wal-Mart to Market Electronic Medical Records Systems

March/16/2009
Medicare Sigature Requirements

March/13/2009
Fraud and Abuse in Medicare Become Part of Politics

March/09/2009
ShopKo Pays OIG $670K For Excluded Employee

March/06/2009
Claim Adjustment Reason Codes Effective April 1st

February/24/2009
Federal Government Nearing 50% of Health Spending Total

February/18/2009
Ingenix Database to be Shut Down

February/18/2009
CVS Pays $2.25 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

February/10/2009
HHS OCR Posts New Website for Health Information Privacy

February/07/2009
CMS Change in the Amount in Controversy

February/02/2009
Federal Fraud Charges in Private Insurance Case

January/30/2009
Required ID to Call CMS Customer Service Centers

January/28/2009
New HIPAA Frequently Asked Questions for Family Medical History

January/22/2009
When Not to Show Patient Paid Amounts on Medicare Claims

January/20/2009
Bartering for Treatment

January/16/2009
UnitedHealth Settles with NY Attorney General Over Fees

January/15/2009
Obama Announces Plan for Electronic Health Records for Everyone

January/14/2009
Doctors Can Have a Group Practice While Maintaining Private Practices

January/13/2009
Part-Time Employees Also Exempt from Anti-Kickback Laws

January/12/2009
Chiropractor Sues Patient Over Negative Online Review

January/11/2009
2009 CMS Coding & Reimbursement Update

January/10/2009
HHS Faces Fraud, Billing Challenges in 2009

January/09/2009
California Supreme Court Rules Against Balance Billing by Hospitals

January/08/2009
Economic Stimulus May Send $100B to Healthcare

January/08/2009
CMS Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

January/07/2009
Seven NY Hospitals Accused of Fraud due to Marketing

January/06/2009
Annual Medicare Contractor Satisfaction Survey

January/06/2009
Health Care Spending in 2007 Increased at Lowest Rate in Nine Years

January/05/2009
Increased Compliance Efforts Required by Employers

December/30/2008
CMS Timely Filing Deadline

December/03/2008
Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report For FY 2007

November/19/2008
Doing Business With New Medicare Carriers

November/11/2008
Justice Department Recovers $1.12 Billion in Fraud Repayments

November/04/2008
New Medicare Physician Guide Released

November/04/2008
Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses

November/03/2008
HHS Blasts CMS's HIPAA Enforcement Program

November/03/2008
Presidential Candidates Position on Chiropractic

October/27/2008
FTC's Identity Theft Rules get a New Deadline

October/16/2008
California Bans Balance Billing

October/08/2008
CMS Sets Plans for RAC Contractor Expansion

October/03/2008
CMS Policy on Recoupment

October/03/2008
Resolving Common NPI Problems

October/01/2008
Cracking Down on Medical Identity Theft

October/01/2008
2009 OIG Work Plan

October/01/2008
2009 Medicare Part B Deductible

September/18/2008
New HIPAA Release on Communicating with Family and Friends

September/17/2008
NY Hospital Pays $89 Million Due To Whistleblowers

September/05/2008
Preparing for the RAC Program

September/02/2008
Whistle-Blowers Help US Recoup $9.3 Billion

September/02/2008
Examining the Practice of Balance Billing by Medical Providers

August/27/2008
Implementation of New ABN Postponed

August/25/2008
Expect Tougher Medicare Reviews

August/21/2008
Medicare Fraud Cuts Disputed by OIG

August/19/2008
California Court says Physicians Can Not Discriminate

August/18/2008
HHS Proposes 2011 Deadline for ICD 10 Code Adoption

August/11/2008
Majority of Patients Want EMR

August/09/2008
Denied Services Contribute to CERT Provider Compliance Error Rate Percentages

August/01/2008
Beneficiary Submitted Claims

August/01/2008
Medicare Signature Requirements

July/25/2008
Requests for Medical Records from Medicare

July/24/2008
House Committee Approves Bill Aiming To Promote Electronic Health Records Nationwide

July/23/2008
Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments

July/21/2008
CMS Therapy Cap Exceptions Extended

July/16/2008
CONGRESS OVERRIDES PRESIDENTIAL VETO

July/16/2008
Providers Lose Almost 70 Percent of RAC Appeals

July/14/2008
Medicare Auditors Recover $700 Million in Overpayments

July/08/2008
OIG Gives Opinion On Offering Patient Satisfaction Gift Cards

July/08/2008
HIPAA Prosecution Targets Arkansas Clinics Employee

July/08/2008
HIPAA Prosecution Targets Arkansas Clinic Employee

July/02/2008
CMS Posts a 10% Error Rate for Chiropractic Claims

July/02/2008
More Than 500 Backlogged Whistle-Blower Cases

June/26/2008
Update to CCI Edits - Effective July 1, 2008

June/25/2008
Consortium Formed to Fight Medical Fraud

June/24/2008
CMS Selects Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., in 3 States

June/18/2008
CMS now says NPI must match IRS data

June/17/2008
AMA Releases First Insurer Report Card

June/14/2008
Dr. Terry Rondberg Comments on Article By Dr. John Davila

June/13/2008
Audit Finds That Illinois Medicaid Paid Providers Late

June/04/2008
IL Considering Bill Limiting Charges to Uninsured

May/29/2008
Aetna Ranks First in 2008 Pays Medical Providers the Fastest Among National Commercial Insurers

May/23/2008
OIG Gives Thumbs Up to Prompt Pay Discounts

May/23/2008
Modifier 52 - Clarification from CMS Carrier

May/21/2008
The Medicare Remit Easy Print Brochure

May/20/2008
CMS Releases Top Reasons for Denials

May/20/2008
UHC Releases NEW Claim Reconsideration Request Form

May/19/2008
CMS Rules Change for Therapy Personnel Qualifications

May/19/2008
Free HIPAA Brochures in Eight Languages

May/15/2008
BCBS of NC Maintains NCQA Accreditation

April/01/2008
Hospital Settlement for Employing OIG Excluded Staff

SAFETY INSURANCE PREVENTIONS

As you suggested, we have been taking our patients from passive modalities to active rehab during the second phase of their treatment plan. 
As a result, we have been getting paid on average $27 as opposed to $9 for each 15 minute session, tripling the reimbursement for therapy. 
At the same time, it makes us more compliant with the insurance company's policies. 

Thanks John, your company is worth it.
Dr. Charles Copeland

 


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I want to express my gratitude for your help with my BC/BS audit. Due to your expert knowledge of the situation I came through the audit with flying colors.
No money was owed and I received this news within thirty days of my response. I would recommend your service to anyone who is facing an audit.
Once again, thanks for your help!
Dr. Mark Escobedo


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Thanks for the great Webinar today!  I was the only one able to attend today, but will pass this info to Dr. Tim. Can't wait for next week!
Charlene Carter
Compliance Officer
Kosterman Chiropractic Center

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These are wonderful for us and I really believe that both the Doctor and staff need to be involved.
Thanks,
Jan Coplen

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It has been a tremendous benefit to me, so I'm very glad I got it!  I especially like using this as a tool to show the phase changes of care, as well as from insurance to cash and back, as called for. 
Kimber and Dr. Adrian Nohr


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You always seem to find the things I need and are remarkably pleasant about it.
Dr. Lisa Prusinski

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You need to contact CSSi, with the current status of insurance enforcement; it is the best insurance policy and peace of mind you could ever purchase.
Steve Willen, DC, CCSP 
Former President of the NCBOE & NCCA
Former Chairman of the Board of the FCLB and NBCE


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If you ARE being reviewed by one of the audit companies contracted with CMS/Medicare, or some other payer and you don’t want to go it alone, contact Compliant Services & Solutions! Their website has lots of free information on how and why you should consider putting a compliance program in place in for your clinic before you are reviewed.  
Ray Foxworth, D.C.
President, HealthNetUSA, Inc.

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Thanks so much for starting this program.  We have learned a lot of valuable information to help us better manage our patients and doctors.
Melissa Alvarez
Compliance Officer
Acton Chiropractic

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The whole borrowing from the insurance company hasn't really worked for me so far!!  LOL  Still waiting to hear back from Aetna on the audit.  I feel really good since working with you guys.  Tina is continuously tweaking things in the office. 
I told her she has complete authority to implement anything you guys tell her to. 
I enjoy sleeping better at night since we have become much more compliant.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jeff Roistacher


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The “rules” have never been more confusing. Dr. John Davila has become the expert in our current system which favors insurance companies and leaves chiropractic providers
facing huge penalties.
Full-time staff members at CSSI alert providers when rules change, provide documented evidence in the form of a compliance manual, and continued patience
after the same question has been asked for the fourth time. 
They take pride in their own ethical business practices by eliminating doubletalk on the sales side and never-ending automated systems after purchase.
Dr. Lisa Prusinski
 


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Dr. Davila,
As you know you have lectured on E/M coding, documentation, recordkeeping and compliance issues many times for Palmer Florida Clinics as well as our Homecoming events.
I have personally attended many of these lectures. Not only do I feel you are qualified to teach this material but you have been the most qualified and popular speaker
we have had on these topics.
Sincerely,
Albert J. Luce, D.C.
Director of Clinics


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Hello,
I attended a seminar in St. Peters, MO and was wondering about getting the notes for that.  I really want to make sure that I get them because it was one of the most informative seminars that I have been to in a long time.  It's not often that you get something that satisfies your required hours and is interesting at the same time. 
Thank you for that.
Chad May, DC


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Thanks again for speaking at the conference in Chicago.  I think that you got your message across to the group and it was well received.  You have your work cut out in getting the message across to the rank and file in the profession.  Good luck.  If we don't do it soon, we may be left out in the cold with the changing reimbursement models.
Bill Tellin


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I just want to say thank you so much for all you're help so far. Last night was the first night i slept through the night in a while. With your help i finally had a little peace of mind, and i look forward to working with your company for many years to come. It is a small price to pay for a good night's sleep.                                 Sam Barker


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November 8, 2010

I wanted to send you a note of thanks for the help you have provided me and our clinic over the past year.  I signed up for the CSSi Protection Program last year and right from the start I was very encouraged by the high quality of the video training program.  I initiated the process of completing our Compliance Program and Employee Manual.  These two programs have helped clarify many gray areas in our practice, processes and procedures.  I continued through almost all of the videos and reviewed them multiple times.  I had attended a few other seminars in the area of compliance and had left every time confused and discouraged by the ambiguity and lack of clarity of the information presented.  Your program was very clear and easy to understand and implement.  I appreciate the attention to detail and manner in which the information was presented.  I would recommend your program to others.      Ken Lowey, D.C.


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