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Identifying Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Documentation in Veterans Health Administration Chiropractic Clinic Notes: Natural Language Processing Analysis

ChiroOrg

Chiro.Org Blog: Our study demonstrates the effective use of NLP to accurately identify documented PROM use from VHA chiropractic clinic notes, highlighting the potential for improved data use in quality monitoring of patient care. Overall documented use of PROMs was low and highlights the need for quality improvement.

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A Chiropractor’s Guide to Proper Billing: Therapeutic Exercises (97110) vs. Therapeutic Activities (97530)

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In this comprehensive guide, well break down these two codes, clarify their differences, and offer tips on billing and documentation to ensure proper reimbursement for these services. Time-Based Billed in 15-minute increments of direct patient contact. Also billed in 15-minute increments of direct patient contact.

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The new HIPAA law: Immediate actions you need to take

Chiropractic Economics

This new HIPAA law, aimed at enhancing the protection of patient reproductive health information, requires immediate attention. This action is necessary to protect patient privacy and the future of your practice. Covered entities, including DCs, must swiftly understand and comply with these changes by December 23, 2024. 16, 2026.

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Medicare Part B’s advance beneficiary notice

Chiropractic Economics

Without a properly executed ABN, you can’t pass the fee on to the patient when coverage of the visit is denied. When documentation is compared to billing, as much as 78% of the time providers were found to be billing for treatment didn’t meet the definition of medical necessity. It all comes down to the documentation.

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How to use Arnica for pain relief in your practice: A complementary option to help your patients

Chiropractic Economics

However, for most causes of pain, there are solutions that can help patients delay or even avoid taking these medications, which have well-documented serious side effects. 1 Chiropractors can help their patients using these safe alternatives. One such option is Arnica. Br J Gen Pract. 2016;66(645):172173.

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Chiropractic maintenance care: How to recognize it, document it and code it

Chiropractic Economics

This article describes what maintenance care is and how it should be documented and coded in your practice. Continued treatment after a patient has reached maximum therapeutic improvement, resolution and/or stabilization of a condition would constitute maintenance-type care in nature.

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Craft your painted picture: Visualize success for the perfect future in chiropractic practice

Chiropractic Economics

As DCs and healthcare professionals, we often find ourselves immersed in the daily hustle of patient care, administrative duties and continuous learning. Envision your patients: Who are your patients? Focus on the quality of care you provide and the relationships you build with your patients. How have they evolved?