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How Long Are You Supposed To Keep Medical Records?

How long are medical providers supposed to retain their records? If you ask three doctors how long they are supposed to keep medical records each will tell you a different story. This blog post is going to quote you the law for each profession (MD, DO, DC) so you can see for yourself. State Law Chiropractors- A chiropractor in active practice shall retain chiropractic records for at least four years from the date of the patient’s last appointment with the

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SOAP Note For Manual Therapy

I have received multiple phone calls and emails from doctors who read my blog. They want to know what they can put in their SOAP notes to describe manual therapy. These are mostly doctors who didn’t previously bill/perform manual therapy. Here are some suggestions: Special thanks to Dr. Jonathan Walker at PI Marketing Elite for supplying this information! You can find his Google Plus page by clicking here. If you want to learn about how to LEGALLY grow your Personal

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Can A PIP Investigator Demand To Inspect My Office?

Can a PIP investigator demand to inspect my office? Can a PIP adjuster ask to inspect my office? Does a doctor need to allow a PIP adjuster to inspect the facility? My office received about five phone calls so far this week from doctors wanting to know if PIP adjusters/investigators have a right to inspect their office and take pictures. PIP insurance companies are probably doing this to other doctors in Florida so I wanted to let everyone know your

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List of IME Vendor Companies in Florida

This is a list of IME Vendor Companies in Florida. If you want to start handling IMEs then this is a good list to start. If you have any you would like to add then please leave a comment below and I will add them to the list. Florida Claims Management 21326 Coakley Lane, Land O’ Lakes, FL 33469 Tel: 800-893-7579 Fax: 813-893-7579 Medical Consultants Network 14499 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 260-S Tampa, FL 33618 Tel: 813-463-0001 Fax: 813-968-3104

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Form- Affidavit When Patient Isn’t Included On Police Report

Dear Provider; Please see the attached Affidavit regarding non-inclusion in a police report. It is to be used when a patient is treating at your office and was not included on the police report. 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 was not involved in the motor-vehicle accident because the patient was not listed on the police

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Things To Consider When Hiring A Pip Attorney

The Personal Injury Seminar in Orlando this past weekend went well. There were over 75 attendees who walked away with some valuable information. There was one guest who asked an interesting question- what factors should I consider when hiring a PIP attorney- which I thought was a really good question! How much does the PIP attorney charge the medical provider? Not all PIP lawyers charge the same rate. Some over-charge clients by keeping a percentage of the money they collect. My

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The 8 Minute Rule On Billing Timed Services!

Does the CPT rule require 15 minutes or 8? The 8 minute rule on CPT coding! A. The 8-minute rule for “timed” codes: There are (1) service-based codes and (2) time-based codes. The CPT codebook guidelines defines “a unit of time” as attained when the mid-point is passed. So the mid-point for 15 minutes would be 7.5 minutes and “passed” the mid-point would be 8 minutes. So you don’t need to provide 15 minutes of treatment just because the definition states

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