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Healthcare Data Breaches and Your Practice
Cyber-crimes in the healthcare industry are on the rise in the United States. A recent attack on Change Healthcare, for instance, has resulted in the disruption of eligibility verification, prior authorization processing, and claims payments. According...
Healthcare Data Breaches and Your Practice
Cyber-crimes in the healthcare industry are on the rise in the United States. A recent attack on Change Healthcare, for instance, has resulted in the disruption of eligibility verification, prior authorization processing, and claims payments. According...
How the Change Healthcare Breach Is Impacting Claims, Eligibility Checks, and Provider Payments
Are your payments at risk? Challenged with Eligibility? As some of you are aware, Change Healthcare – part of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group – experienced a cybersecurity breach on 2/21/24. Change Healthcare is utilized by different...
Can Chiropractors in New York Pay for New Patient Referrals? What the Law Says
Have you ever received a marketing email like the one below in your inbox? We can send 20 new patients your way each month, and you pay only when they show up. There are no monthly retainers, no initial set-up fees, and no bait-and-switch tactics. Possibly interested?...
On the Agenda | March 2024
On the Agenda, the official publication of the New York State Chiropractic Association (NYSCA), is published quarterly. It is designed to provide information about the Chiropractic profession and NYSCA activities and initiatives. Read the latest edition today! What's...
American Chiropractic Association Launches Fellowship to Prepare Future Health Policy Experts
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has launched a Health Policy Fellowship to educate doctors of chiropractic about health policy, coding and other complex issues and to prepare them to advocate on behalf of the chiropractic profession...
Updated Mandated Reporter Training Requirements Due by April 2025
Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2021 amended Social Services Law § 413 to require additional training to include protocols to reduce implicit bias in decision-making processes, strategies for identifying adverse childhood experiences, and guidelines to assist in recognizing...
American Medical Association Clinician Practice Information Survey
The American Medical Association (AMA) is leading the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey in 2023-2024 with the primary purpose to collect representative data on practice expense and hours spent in direct patient care. This important effort aims to collect...
Credit Card Fees in a New York Healthcare Practice: Member FAQ
Learn when New York healthcare practices may charge credit card fees, what prices they must disclose, and why insured patient payments require extra review.
American Chiropractic Association Elects New Leadership
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) installed new leadership during its annual meeting in January in Washington, D.C. Leo Bronston, DC, MAppSc, of Onalaska, Wis., was elected president of the association, and Marcus Nynas, DC, of...
American Chiropractic Association Presents 2024 Annual Awards
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) presented its 2024 Annual Awards on Jan. 26 during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The awards recognize chiropractors and other individuals for their exceptional service, achievement and/or leadership...
American Medical Association Appoints Chiropractor to CPT Editorial Panel
Arlington, Va. – American Chiropractic Association (ACA) member Leo Bronston, DC, MAppSc, of Onalaska, Wis., has been appointed by the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees to serve on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial...
Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2024 – 2025 Proposed State Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her third State Budget address this morning. She began her address by announcing that the State is no longer predicting a budget deficit for this fiscal year. The Division of Budget announced that tax revenue forecasts increased...
Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2024 State of the State Address
Today, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her third State of the State address from the Assembly chamber in the Capitol during a joint session of the Assembly and Senate. During the State of the State, the Governor focused on a goal of making New York a more affordable...
Beginning of the 2024 Legislative Session
Today was the first day of the 2024 legislative session. Normally, this day would be marked with the Governor’s State of the State address, but a few weeks ago, Governor Hochul announced that she would hold that address next Tuesday, January 9. Both the Senate and...