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NYCC Proudly Announces the Winter 2015 Commencement Ceremony

Thirty-eight Doctor of Chiropractic candidates will receive degrees at the New York Chiropractic College April 4 commencement ceremony.

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Update on the Status of Medicare Provisions Expiring on April 1

The negative 21% payment rate adjustment under current law for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2015.  CMS is taking steps to limit the impact on Medicare providers and beneficiaries by holding claims for a short period of time beginning on April 1st.  Holding claims for a short period of time allows CMS to implement any subsequent Congressional action while minimizing claims reprocessing and disruption of physician cash flow in the event of legislation addressing the 21% payment reduction.  Under current law, electronic claims are not paid sooner than 14 calendar days (29 days for paper claims) after the date of receipt. As we stated in our recent email to physicians, CMS will provide more information about next steps by April 11, 2015.

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Clinical Compass Releases Low Back Update

Clinical Compass, powered by the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP), has posted an update to the "Clinical Practice Guideline: Chiropractic Care for Low Back Pain." This document is online and available for public review and comment. 

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NYCC President Dr. Frank Nicchi Honored by Association of Chiropractic College

 

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Congress Fails to Pass Legislation to Prevent Medicare Payment Cuts

CMS to hold claims until April to avert reimbursement cuts

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APHA Public Health Event: The Global Burden of Spine Pain

 

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Scope policy and College of Pharmacology and Toxicology

During the American Chiropractic Association’s (ACA) annual House of Delegates meeting in February, delegates passed resolutions supporting key elements in scopes of practice and the creation of the ACA College of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Based on membership responses, these policy resolutions have proven quite positive. To no one’s surprise, however, other organizations and special interest groups have associated these policies with “incorporating drugs into the scope of chiropractic practice and promoting the term chiropractic medicine.”

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NYCC Proudly Announces the Winter 2015 Commencement Ceremony

New York Chiropractic College will host the Winter 2015 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will be held in the NYCC Athletic Center and doors open to the public at 9:00 a.m.

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Legislative Alert: S4206 part V of the Senate Education Budget

Calling all members!

We are hard at work in Albany working on the legislative priorities for the profession. One of our main legislative initiatives has been passage of a bill that would allow doctors of chiropractic to form partnerships with medical doctors.  

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Legislative Alert: S4206 part V of the Senate Education Budget

Calling all members!

We are hard at work in Albany working on the legislative priorities for the profession. One of our main legislative initiatives has been passage of a bill that would allow doctors of chiropractic to form partnerships with medical doctors.  

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NYSCA helps out the disabled

 

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Service-Specific Prepayment Review Results For CPT Codes 98940 & 98941 For September-December 2014

Providers in Connecticut (98941), Queens, NY (98940), Downstate NY (98941) and Upstate NY (98941)

National Government Services’ Medical Review Department is currently conducting a prepayment review on JK Part B chiropractic services in the states of CT and NY. This article includes the results of these reviews for September, October, November and December 2014.

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WCB Chair Announces Board Adoption of ICD-10 Timetable to be Consistent with Medicare and Medicaid

 

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BREAKING: CMS bends on reporting periods for meaningful use

The CMS just blinked in the ongoing cold war between providers and the agency over meaningful-use requirements for electronic health-record systems.

The CMS announced Thursday that it is considering proposals to shorten the meaningful-use reporting period to 90 days in 2015, something providers and others have been requesting. 

Shortening the period essentially means providers can meet the meaningful-use requirements and avoid financial penalties with software in place for less time than is currently required.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a key advocate for changes in the reporting period, was positive about the announcement. “It is indeed” what the organization was looking for, said Jeff Smith, the organization's vice president of public policy. 

In a separate statement, Russ Branzell, CHIME's president and CEO, said, “Meaningful use has the potential to be a transformative program for the nation's healthcare delivery system and we commend CMS for recognizing the need for a course-correction.”

The Medical Group Management Association and the American Medical Association praised the CMS for agreeing to modify the window, and they urged the agency to issue the new rule quickly. The MGMA noted that the number of physicians who have attested to meeting the program's Stage 2 requirements dropped sharply from the number who cleared the first bar.The AMA, meanwhile, also took a broader swipe at the program, saying that it fails to "help physicians improve care for their patients." 

The CMS also is considering changing reporting periods to the calendar year to “allow eligible hospitals more time to incorporate 2014 Edition software into their workflows and to better align with other CMS quality programs,” and will “modify other aspects of the program” that may lessen providers' reporting burdens. 

The CMS clarified that the rulemaking on reporting period flexibility will be separate from the upcoming third-stage meaningful-use rule, which may be released in March. 

The changes may mollify calls from providers and legislators to change reporting periods. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) and 29 fellow House Republicans had sent a letter to Sylvia Matthews Burwell grousing about the reporting periods in the program. Bipartisan legislation also had been introduced by Ellmers and then-Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) to change the reporting periods. 

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Chiropractic Software Companies Merge

 

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Instructions on how to access the 2015 Medicare Fee Schedule

Please review these instructions for how to access the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)

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NYCC Has Significant Impact on Finger Lakes Region Economy

 

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Clear Image Mobile Diagnostic Testing is now Pure Image Group

 

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Medicare: 2015 PQRS and Fee Schedule

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandated that non-participation or unsuccessful/unsatisfactory reporting in Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), formerly referred to as PQRI, will result in negative payment adjustments to Medicare reimbursement beginning in 2015. In the 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ruled that providers who did not successfully/satisfactorily participate in PQRS by the 2013 reporting period will have their Medicare reimbursement decreased by 1.5 percent beginning on January 1, 2015. Non-participation or unsuccessful/ unsatisfactory reporting during the 2014 performance period will result in a 2% reduction in a provider's 2016 Medicare reimbursement, and further non-participation or unsuccessful/unsatisfactory reporting this year (Jan. 1 -  Dec. 31, 2015) will affect a provider's 2017 Medicare reimbursement by applying a payment reduction of 2%.

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Revalidation of Chiropractic Provider Enrollment in the State Medicaid Program

 

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