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ACA's Chiropractic Coding Solutions Manual
 "The essential coding resource for doctors of chiropractic."
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 ACA's Sample Insurance Letters can help you with denied claims. Click here for more info. |
| Use the Claim Adjuster Index (CAI) to inform claims adjusters about DCs and chiropractic treatment. Click here for more info. |
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Insurance, to most healthcare providers, is at best a barbed wire fence they must jump over to get paid. At worst, it's an administrative nightmare that costs so much it puts their very survival in jeopardy. In this section, you will find general information on insurance, as well as materials on coding and managed care, from the insurance relations experts at ACA. It's their job to assist you in obtaining fair insurance reimbursement for your practice. |
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ACA's Office of Professional Development and Research (PDR) is committed to insurance solutions that help each member in daily practice, providing educational materials on claim submission, documentation, proper coding, electronic transfer, medical reviews, reductions and denials, and much more. PDR is also the top industry advocate for the chiropractic profession in the insurance arena, protecting appropriate reimbursement policy for chiropractic through effective insurance relations efforts and ongoing dialogues with commercial insurers and managed care organizations.
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| Clinical Documentation Is the Key |
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Administrative hassles associated with insurance companies can be reduced by as much as 50% by following the set of clinical documentation requirements ACA's Claims Solutions Work Group developed with major medical insurers. These 11 recommendations illustrate that the key to reimbursement for chiropractic claims is appropriate clinical (medical) documentation.
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| NEW! ACA Educational Coding Seminars |
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Bring expert coding instruction to your state association or chiropractic college with ACA's new educational seminar program: Navigate the Insurance & Coding Process. Featuring nationally recognized instructors with expert knowledge in coding and insurance relations, this exciting new seminar is designed to provide chiropractic professionals with the knowledge they need to steer clear of costly coding errors and protect their practice from claim and billing delays.
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Bill review and even fraud investigations increasingly performed by public and private payers often center on code use. While in the past, it may have been easy to explain away a code discrepancy claim, now, data warehouses can now show a business pattern of inappropriate code use over time, which may constitute fraud. Share ACA's public policy on insurance fraud with your peers and staff.
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| NEW! ACA TeleSeminars On Coding and Reimbursement |
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ACA makes it easy to stay on top of key coding and reimbursement issues and ask the experts your questions through our convenient monthly teleseminars. Invite as many staff as you wish to listen and learn- one low-cost fee covers all participants and includes materials to keep for future reference. CD ROMs of past teleseminars can also be purchased to listen to the program at your leisure.
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