Standard Disclosure and Acknowledgment Form
September 28, 2017
Please see the attached Standard Disclosure and Acknowledgment Form issued by the Office of Insurance Regulation. Click here to download a copy.
Please see the attached Standard Disclosure and Acknowledgment Form issued by the Office of Insurance Regulation. Click here to download a copy.
Attorney Abraham Ovadia, the founder of Ovadia Law Group, PA in Boca Raton, was recently featured as a key speaker at The Nationwide Summer 2017 Schedule for the Florida Chiropractic Physician Association (FCPA) in Orlando. Mr. Ovadia was invited to give to dissertations on August 12th, the first titled Ethical Boundaries Doctors Should Avoid and the second titled FL Law Updates to Florida PIP Law. From all of us at Ovadia Law Group, we would like to thank the FCPA
Please see the attached Notice of Initiation of Treatment Letter. It should be used for every auto injury patient. It allows you to submit your first batch of bills within 75 days of treatment (instead of the normal 35 days). Click here to view a nice PDF that you can download for free There are several requirements: While I still recommend mailing your initial group of bills to the insurance company weekly or bi-weekly, this form acts as a backup
DID PROGRESSIVE DENY YOUR MANUAL THERAPY (97140) CODES CLAIMING IT WAS “MASSAGE” (97124). If Progressive DENIED your Manual Therapy codes and claimed that it is REALLY Massage Therapy then we can help you get paid! Progressive is wrongfully denying Manual Therapy and claiming it is Massage Therapy. Everyone knows that Manual Therapy and Massage Therapy are closely related. But they are obviously two different types of therapy. If your notes say that you performed manual therapy and you billed for
Ovadia Law Group is excited to announce the expansion of our law firm to the sunny town of Doral, Florida, described as the premier place to live, work, learn and play by many residents and visitors. Our new fully operational office specializes in personal injury claims, including bicycle accidents, car crashes, burn injuries, dog bites, motorcycle accidents, premises liability, truck wrecks, wrongful deaths and more. This new location will allow us to better service our clients and accommodate our growing
Dear Provider; Please see the attached Affidavit of Inoperability. It is to be used when a patient is treating at your office, owns a motor vehicle, and goes through another person’s PIP insurance policy. Click here to see a nice PDF form that you can download for free This form should be used to CYA in the event the insurance company claims the patient owned a motor vehicle and should have used (or had) their own PIP insurance. It should
The NCCI reductions will apply when therapy is performed on the same day as an adjustment unless the provider specifies that it was performed on a separate anatomic site with the 59 modifier. There are five separate spinal regions that qualify: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and pelvic. There are five extraspinal regions that qualify:
Hi All. I got some new information about the TENS units because a lot of people have been emailing/calling me about the post. I’m still right about doctors needing a DME license with AHCA to sell a TENS unit, but there was some stuff about Rick Scott that you should know. I updated the post by including the FCA position (per their website) on the matter. If you don’t like the news that you need a license to bill for
Attention all Florida Chiropractors! Are you keeping up with the Minimal Recordkeeping Standards? I’ve seen a lot of different records from chiropractors in Florida and you’ll be surprised (maybe you won’t) that a lot of doctors don’t keep the best records. Here is the law below. It’s also attached here if you want a pdf. 64B2-17.0065 Minimal Recordkeeping Standards. (1) These standards apply to all licensed chiropractic physicians and certified chiropractic assistants. These standards also apply to those examinations advertised
The 14 day rule and the EMC rule The Law on the 14 Day Rule: (a) Medical benefits. Eighty percent of all reasonable expenses for medically necessary medical, surgical, X-ray, dental, and rehabilitative services, including prosthetic devices and medically necessary ambulance, hospital, and nursing services if the individual receives initial services and care pursuant to subparagraph 1. within 14 days after the motor vehicle accident. Subparagraph 1 includes care received by a chiropractor, MD, DO, hospital, urgent care center, EMT,
The Florida statutes breakdown the amount you can charge depending on who is requesting the records. Yes, you can request payment up front before you provide the records. Patients, their Lawyers, and Government Entities Insurance Companies, Their Lawyers, and Other Entities You may charge actual costs for the materials, supplies, labor costs, and overhead costs. This means you can charge for cost of the X-ray films, the stamp, the packaging, and employee time.
Every medical treatment has a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code when evaluated and input into an insurance company’s system. CPT codes included in a customer’s policy will be approved for coverage, and excluded CPT codes will be denied. This can cause some trouble for similar therapies with similar CPT codes but greatly different treatment purposes. A common example of CPT code mix-ups is manual therapy (CPT 97140) and massage therapy (97124). Some professionals in insurance, billing, and medical industries inadvertently
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