ACU-057 Business Basics: Ask A Biller: What A New Practitioner Should Consider, With Cortney Nadeau
AcuSprout: Acupuncture Podcast
08/29/23
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Are you considering taking insurance to jump start your acupuncture practice? Here are some things to consider that I bet you didn’t learn in school.
Are you a new practitioner and getting ready to launch your clinical practice? Maybe you are not so new, worked for someone else and are now ready to experience the entrepreneurial life. Taking insurance might help you get to financial stability much more quickly.... depending on where you live.
I interview Cortney Nadeau in this episode who owns PDXpert Medical Billing in Portland, Oregon. I learned SO much and am excited to share with you information that we did NOT get in school.
you’ll learn
- Why most billing companies don’t want to work with you.
- What credentialing means and how and where to do it.
- Why you should be familiar with your “scope of practice” and the people who wrote it.
- Why it’s important to belong to your state organization.
- What diagnosis, CPT and E&M codes are.
- Why it’s important to have a non-discriminatory policy for providers in your state’s regulations.
- How to find out if your state has a non-discriminatory policy for providers.
- Lastly, we do a deep dive on our treatment codes. They are time based, but should also be treatment based.
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Proper medical charting is crucial in maintaining accurate and organized records for your acupuncture practice.
ACU-056 This highly requested episode comes on the tails of episode 055 where Megan and I discussed treating multiple patients an hour. As a result of that episode I got a lot of requests to review proper medical charting and specifically what should be in the re-evaluation. Listen in as Megan and I discuss proper medical charting for your acupuncture practice.
you’ll learn
- Why proper charting is SO important. It’s not just about getting paid!
- What the language of medical charting consists of.
- The most important items the need to be in the evaluation and follow ups.
- What should NOT be in the evaluation.
- What S O A P stands for.
- What the heck is OPQRST and how can it help you streamline your interview?
- How to use “life effect” as part of the rating scale.
- What outcome assessment tools are and how to use them to ensure reimbursement.
- How to use CPT codes properly.
- Why a prognosis is so important and how to frame it.
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