Every year articles are written about tactics to employ and take advantage of before year-end to save on taxes. However, the year 2017 is unique in that tax reform is being proposed right now…and will possibly be passed before the...
ACA Practice and Payment
You’ve Saved It; Now It’s Time to Spend It Wisely
Consider Your Options for Accessing Retirement Funds and Minimizing the Tax Impact Time can be your nemesis or friend, depending on when you start your journey. The journey is saving for retirement, and research clearly shows the earlier you start...
MACRA and MIPS: Getting the Big Picture
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) officially ushered in the value-based model of reimbursement, beginning a change to the payment landscape of American health care. But what does this mean to providers? What does it mean...
Choosing Wisely X-ray Recommendations Reflect Evolving Evidence, Accepted Standards
The goal of the Choosing Wisely® campaign is to promote conversations between doctors and their patients about utilizing the most appropriate tests and treatments. The campaign is an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports....
11 Reasons Why Performance Measurement Matters to the Chiropractic Profession
Long before many of us can remember, there were only two people sitting in the chiropractic treatment room – the patient and the doctor. Gradually, the state licensing boards starting showing up. They were joined by the insurance industry. Then...
Selling Your Practice: Valuation and Practical Advice
Maybe the decision came easily, or perhaps it took months, or even years. Now it is behind you and congratulations are in order – you are selling your chiropractic practice. Common reasons for selling a practice are impactful life events...
Pros and Cons of MACRA: It’s a Business Decision
ACA and Best Practices Academy team up to provide education on value-based reimbursement Having had the opportunity to speak across the nation regarding the new Medicare quality payment program, I soon realized how emotionally charged our colleagues are about the...
How Is the Clinical Compass Valuable to Your Practice?
The mission of the Clinical Compass is to provide consistent and widely adopted chiropractic practice information and to perpetually distribute and update this data as necessary so that consumers and others have reliable information on which to base informed healthcare...
U.S. Healthcare Payment Systems: Frequently Asked Questions
*Member-Exclusive Content* Health care payment systems in the United States have come a long way from the traditional fee-for-service model that dominated in year’s past. Today, numerous new payment models have emerged that aim to increase cost efficiency and enhance...
