Category: Medicare

This comprehensive guide explains how to bill Medicare for acupuncture services, covering provider eligibility requirements, CPT codes, documentation standards, and common billing mistakes to avoid. Learn the specific requirements for Medicare acupuncture billing and optimize your practice's revenue potential.

This comprehensive guide explains how to bill Medicare for acupuncture services, covering provider eligibility requirements, CPT codes, documentation standards, and common billing mistakes to avoid. Learn the specific requirements for Medicare acupuncture billing and optimize your practice's revenue potential.

There are numerous errors that can cause your insurance claims to be denied or delayed, resulting in your holistic practice not being paid on time for your services.

What is holistic medicine? More Americans than ever before are embracing holistic healthcare over conventional medicine, with nearly 40% of adults using some form of alternative medicine. Whether it’s to alleviate chronic pain, reduce stress, or for other benefits, there are countless holistic approaches to prevent, treat, and manage almost every condition or illness. A […]

Did you know that roughly 30% of medical billing claims are rejected? That’s a significant chunk of your overall healthcare revenue cycle that will cost you in the short and long run. These claims might be rejected for a few reasons – a key one which is inaccurate coding. That’s why it’s essential for your […]

If you’re on the fence about opening up your practice to patients covered by Medicare, but you’re dubious of the extra workload dealing with billing Medicare for services rendered, then you’ve come to the right place. Expanding your pool of patients to include those covered by Medicare is limited depending on your specialty—primarily acupuncture or […]

As the healthcare industry continues to fight the opioid epidemic and encourage the use of drug-free alternatives to managing pain and other chronic conditions, it’s important to also expand coverage to enable such movements to spread. Particularly, expanding chiropractic Medicare billing coverage is a vital effort to improve access to drug-free alternatives for seniors covered […]

At Holistic Billing Services, we know that trying to make sense of the medical billing cycle can be confusing and intimidating. There are so many acronyms to learn and putting the pieces of the massive puzzle can feel impossible like Relative Value Unit (RVU); we’re here to help break down the process and explain some […]

In recent years, there have been tremendous advances in legislation expanding the coverage that Medicare provides to millions of seniors around the country. In particular, expanding coverage to include holistic medicine has been most notable with the recognition—albeit limited recognition—of acupuncture services to treat chronic lower back pain which happened in early 2020. This relationship […]

One vital component for your holistic practice’s success is maintaining HIPAA compliance because it protects patient information, secures your operations, and prevents the chance of a breach that can greatly impact your practice’s reputation. We’ve compiled this comprehensive HIPAA cheat sheet to help you further understand this important legislation and how it pertains to your […]

On January 21st, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their decision to cover acupuncture for chronic low back pain. This is defined as localized pain in the lower back that persists for more than three months. The decision was momentous because it marked the first time acupuncture services could be reimbursed […]