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Mount Vernon OH, August 2, 2007 - Noting that up to
50 percent of all chiropractors victimize themselves
and their practices by failure to code and document
their work properly, the ACOM Chiropractic Consulting
Group today announced a three-phase Chiropractic
coding and documentation analysis service designed
to assure fair payment for services and to avoid
problems with billing compliance.
The new service is conducted entirely over the phone
in three sessions that take place within an approximate
two-week time period, according to Senior Consultant
Bharon Hoag. It involves no disruption of practice
activities and routine.
"When doctors do not code their services properly they
can be impacted in two ways," Hoag said. "If they don't
bill fully for everything they do, they collect less than
they should, impairing the success of their practice. If
they unintentionally over bill, they risk audits and
payback demands that can run into thousands of
dollars. In this analysis, we identify whether the
doctors fall into either group; then we recommend what
to do about it. ACOM's Consulting Group is focused
on helping Chiropractors make more money ethically
and, at the same time, empower them to fight back if
charges are challenged."
The service emulates the SOAP format, Hoag said.
During the first call, practice basics are reviewed: the
doctor provides his perspective on his practice's status
and goals, furnishing the analyst with samples of notes
and documentation. In the second phone session, the
doctor and the analyst review and discuss the
analyst's findings, during which additional information
may be gathered as needed to complete the analysis.
Between the second and third sessions, the analyst
develops a professional assessment of the data and
information obtained from the first two calls. In the final
call, the analyst reviews the assessment and
addresses questions stemming from the evaluation
and other practice issues, thereby, establishing a
foundation for a remedial plan.
"This process is straightforward, but it is not easy for
the doctor to do independently," Hoag said. "Typically,
the doctor is too close to the methodologies that are
familiar to him or her. It is the combination of the
doctor's intimate knowledge of their practice and the
educated objectivity of the analyst that makes this
program so effective."
About ACOM’s Healthcare Business Consulting Group
The ACOM Chiropractic Consulting Group provides a
suite of consulting services for educating, equipping
and empowering healthcare providers for success.
Now in its 24th year of business, ACOM Solutions,
Inc. has multiple divisions in markets across the
globe. The Healthcare Business Division develops
and markets chiropractic software for clinical
documentation/reporting and practice management.
ACOM headquarters are in Long Beach, California;
with regional offices located in several major U.S.
cities. For information on ACOM's Chiropractic
Consulting Services:
For information on ACOM’s Chiropractic Consulting
Services:
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| “If they don’t
bill fully for everything they do, they collect less than
they should, impairing the success of their practice. If
they unintentionally over bill, they risk audits and
payback demands that can run into thousands of
dollars. In this analysis, we identify whether the
doctors fall into either group; then we recommend what
to do about it. ACOM’s Consulting Group is focused
on helping Chiropractors make more money ethically
and, at the same time, empower them to fight back if
charges are challenged.” |
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