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Implementation of New ABN Postponed
According to a notice from CMS (Centers for
Medicare Services), the new ABN will NOT be required September 1.
The mandatory implementation date has been postponed until March 1,
2009. For further information, click on the link at the end of
this story.
Per the notice posted on the CMS web
site: “Beginning Monday, March 3, 2008, providers (including
independent laboratories), physicians, practitioners, and suppliers may
use the revised ABN for all situations where Medicare payment is
expected to be denied. The revised ABN replaces the existing ABN-G (Form
CMS-R-131G), ABN-L (Form CMS-R-131L), and NEMB (Form CMS-20007).
Beginning March 1, 2009, the ABN-G and ABN-L will no longer be valid.”
To access the complete notice online,
go to:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/BNI/02_ABNGABNL.asp#TopOfPage
and click on: Revised ABN CMS-R-131 Implementation Announcement.
Creating Financial Ease For Chiropractors  Enlisting Kathy Mills Chang to help create stability and organization in your office brings powerful results. Kathy has been assisting Chiropractors to get paid properly and completely since 1983. She will eliminate confusion from the financial aspects of your practice, including coding, insurance, patient financial procedures, Medicare and compliance. She loves solving problems, unraveling difficult financial dilemmas, and empowering your office with the tools and confidence needed to overcome what seem like insurmountable obstacles when working with the business side of Chiropractic. Welcome to the solutions you need to bring financial ease and peace of mind to your world.
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Don't Just Take Our Word For It!
The best part of the boot camp experience for me was learning that there are
totally doable things we can do to organize our team...SOP! Also, I realized
that we can easily set up a plan and be in compliance if we just follow the
simple systems you've laid out. I loved the boot camp!
Katie Dobowey, DC
Waite Park, MN
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Q:
Does C.P.T. code 97032 have a minimum time allocated to it? I have
heard that some practitioners are being told that there is a minimum time of
8 min to this service.
A:
97032
is for muscle stim that is delivered from a unit with a wand, meaning it's
attended. It is also a timed code, so that it is following the same rules as
all other constant attendance modalities (like this and Ultrasound) and
therapeutic procedures. Supervised modalities like ice/heat, traction,
unattended muscle stim, diathermy, etc. do not have an attendance or a time
requirement. They are billed once per patient encounter. The timed coding
rules that you can use are either 15 minute increments or 8 minute rule. You
do have a choice. ACA has a good position statement on this on the website
at
www.acatoday.org.
The way the book is written, you must do a minimum of 15 minutes to credit a
full unit. If you don't, then you will have to use a -52 modifier. Same
would apply to less than 8 minutes if you're using the 8 minute rule. You
just need to choose which your office uses and add that to your procedures
section of your compliance manual.
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 HealthNet USA New DVD! Documentation of Medical
Necessity! 
KMC University Boot Camp
Denver, CO
October 24-25, 2008
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