Chiropractic application of artificial intelligence in medical science
Chiropractic in the coming years will see a number of breakthroughs for the application of artificial intelligence in medical science
3 reasons doctors and DCs need to be wary of health and medical wearables
They put a new focus on health for patients, but medical wearables come with issues for health care providers
Family practice: Children can earn while they learn about business
Money Management Are you adjusting your child’s working bone? As a chiropractor, you know and understand bones. But have you ever heard of a “working bone”? This phrase isn’t in reference to bone functionality but is a metaphor for a human trait that you may be able to flex in your practice to teach your children the work ethic while saving tax dollars. To share an example, our family was raking leaves one fall and my older daughter was protesting against her manual labor task.
MACRA law offers you opportunities for practice growth
Legal Ease All too often, doctors of chiropractic come to the office on Monday morning and immediately head into a treatment room to take care of the first patient of the day. From that point onward, the week seems to fly by and there will usually be little work done on developing the practice. Staying above the waterline can be a challenge for anyone in healthcare these days—and the circumstances regarding the new Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) will play a dramatic role in how practice is conducted in the future.
For DCs, equipment financing makes sense
Money Management | To stay abreast of clinical and technological advances, chiropractors need to make periodic investments in their practices, and state-of-the-art equipment can enhance clinical effectiveness. But without the right tools, chiropractic patients may not be able to fully benefit from a robust treatment plan. For DCs who may not have the cash for an outright purchase to upgrade existing equipment or implement new technology and improve their practices’ performance in patient care, financing can be a viable solution.
Are you a diagnostician or a technician? Get your coding up-to-date
Coding Keys | If this headline got your attention, it’s time to talk diagnosis coding. You frequently see articles titled something about how coding errors plague the profession, and if this one did you might have moved right along and missed the message. Paramount to this is what is heard over and over again from DCs: I want to make money and avoid an audit. But first, a question for you: Are you diagnosing the patient’s condition or just what you know their insurance will reimburse?
Do you actually know what compliance means for your practice?
Sponsored Content | Within the last decade, regulatory changes in healthcare have caused providers to be slowly left uneasy about their practice environment, leading to sleepless nights at times. There is no better time than now to pay attention to the tea leaves in care delivery and begin to cover your bases in practice.
Medicare’s Quality Payment Program has arrived
Legal Ease | For years you have been hearing of pay for performance reimbursement based on outcomes, value-based reimbursement, and similar frameworks. However, in April 2015, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).
QRUR: A little-known report that will shape the future of chiropractic
Sponsored Content | Although not very well known among doctors of chiropractic, they have a report card called the Quality Resource Use Report (QRUR). Medicare’s Physician Feedback Program provides comparative performance information to Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) physicians on participation in Medicare programs. And yes, as a doctor of chiropractic, you are in the program.
