As the director of University of Bridgeport Clinics and Community Health Clinical Education, I enjoy the opportunity to teach postdoctoral classes throughout North America, although it requires a great deal of air travel. Hence, I frequent many of the airport terminals and spend a great deal of time in the Delta Sky Club. (I wrote this article in the Sky Club in Orlando, Fla.)
Some insurers will pay for a TENS unit, E0720 for a two-lead or E0730 for a four-lead, with the use of the Health Care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code alone. However, there are modifiers that are appropriate for billing durable medical equipment (DME), and payers are increasingly not making payments unless the necessary modifiers are present.
Are you ever afraid to ask patients to pay or to tell them how long it will take to fully correct their spines? Then this story's for you. Here's a valuable business and life lesson on why we sometimes hesitate and the secret to living a fearless, abundant life.
The Council on Chiropractic Education has placed Life University's DC degree program on probation effective May 20, 2019. In a public disclosure notice dated May 23, the council noted the reason for its action as "noncompliance concerns related to program completion rates," specifically CCE Policy 56:
When your patient says, "My hip hurts," where do you start? You won't be effective unless you know exactly what to address. The word hip is misused by both patients and practitioners. Hip can refer to the SI, lateral structures or groin.
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