{"id":1100,"date":"2006-09-11T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2006-09-11T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2011-01-20T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T21:01:24","slug":"chiropractic-insurance-updates-sept-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/chiropractic-insurance-updates-sept-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiropractic Insurance Updates &#8212; Sept., 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Claim Form<\/strong><br \/>\nAs  you may know, there is a new paper insurance claim form. For those of  you that bill electronically (which should be all of you), you still  occasionally use paper claims. On October 1, 2006, there will be a new  HCFA 1500. The only major change is to allow the use of the NPI number  on the claim form. You\u2019ll have until February 1, 2007 to switch over.  So, don\u2019t stock up on too many old claim forms now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Your NPI Now<\/strong><br \/>\nWhich brings up the NPI  (National Provider Identification) number. You will need to get one for  each provider in your clinic and one for your clinic. It takes about ten  minutes to apply online and get your number(s).\u00a0 You can get the NPI  here: <a href=\"https:\/\/nppes.cms.hhs.gov\/NPPES\">https:\/\/nppes.cms.hhs.gov\/NPPES<\/a>. You will have to use your NPI on all claims submitted after May 22, 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicare Electronic Payments<\/strong><br \/>\nLastly, Medicare is  pushing hard to get you to accept your Medicare payments electronically.  It actually is better \u2013 the check goes directly to your bank account  and you get an EOB showing the payment and when it was made. The only  thing you don\u2019t get is the satisfaction of opening the Medicare envelope  with a check inside. You don\u2019t HAVE to accept electronic payments yet,  unless you make any changes to your Medicare account (add a provider,  add a reassignment, change a tax id number, etc). If you have a change,  Medicare requires you to convert to electronic payment.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to convert now, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpsic.com\/edi\/pdf\/edi_medb_eft.pdf\">www.wpsic.com\/edi\/pdf\/edi_medb_eft.pdf<\/a> and download and complete the simple form with your bank account  information. Providers simply need to complete this short form, mail it  to their Medicare contractor, and include a voided blank check. Medicare  payments will be made directly to your bank in as little as two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions? Sure you do! Just ask <a href=\"mailto:Dave@PMAWorks.com\">Dave@PMAWorks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"104\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmaworks.com\/main\/uploads\/davem-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"104\" height=\"137\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dave Michel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Claim Form As you may know, there is a new paper insurance claim form. For those of you that bill electronically (which should be all of you), you still occasionally use paper claims. On October 1, 2006, there will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/chiropractic-insurance-updates-sept-2006\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chiropractic-reimbursement-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1101,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmaworks.com\/observations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}