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Attention ISCA Members:
New Licensing and Permit Requirements have been put into
effect that require anyone using radiation machines or
radiopharmaceutical agents to be certified by the State
Health Department.
The ISCA has recently teamed up with CATS
Careers to offer our valued members a substantial
discount of 50% off the Chiropractic Limited Medical
Radiography Program for chiropractic assistants.
Visit
www.catscareers.com
Call 502-475-9527
or email
lmr@catscareers.com TODAY to learn more!
ISCA News
ISCA position statement on Current Health Care Reforms 9/16/09
The ISCA will support Legislation that includes the following tenets:
1. Non-discrimination clause, whereas all healthcare recipients have access to any willing provider without bias or discrimination of any kind, with specific inclusion of all chiropractic services.
2. Opt out clause, whereas any willing provider may opt out of any plan, government or private, and be able to provide care to any and all recipients of such plans as an out of network provider.
3. The plans proposed will not impact any state level mandates regarding Healthcare in Indiana.
4. Reimbursement schedule is not based on Medicare or Medicaid fee schedules and with no financial discrimination of practitioners licensed to perform same procedures.
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House Passes Red Flag Exemption for Small Practices
On October 20, 2009, the House of Representatives unanimously approved HR 3763, a bill which would exempt from the coverage of the Red Flags Rule any health care, accounting, or legal practice with twenty or fewer employees.
The bill will now move onto the Senate, however, on October 29, 2009, certain members of Congress requested that the Federal Trade Commission further delay enforcement in order to allow Congress to finalize legislation. Accordingly, the FTC has extended its forbearance from bringing any enforcement action for violation of the Red Flags Rule against a financial institution or creditor that is subject to administrative enforcement by the FTC until June 1, 2010.
The Red Flags Rule requires healthcare entities considered to be "creditors" to implement an identity theft prevention program.
Further, the bill passed by the House, which was filed by John Herbert Adler (D-NJ), Paul Collins Broun, Jr. (R-GA), and Mike Simpson (R-ID), lets off the hook an entity that:
- Knows all of its customers or clients individually
- Only performs services in or around the residences of its customers
- Has not experienced incidents of identity theft and identity theft is rare for businesses of that type
The FTC would determine if a business meets these criteria.
ACA Red Flag Rules for Protecting Your Patient's Financial Information
acatoday.org/pdf/RF_comply.pdf
acatoday.org/pdf/RedFlagRules2009.pdf
Erisa Claims Appeals
acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=3557
acatoday.org/level2_css.cfm?T1ID=15&T2ID=84
Red Flag Rule Template
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/redflagsrule/diy-template.shtm
UPDATE ON INDIANA CHECK-UP PLAN
Many of you are requesting an update regarding chiropractic coverage under the Indiana Check-up plan sometimes referred to as the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP). I will summarize what ISCA knows to date. After ISCA’s advocacy efforts, the proposed rule was amended to indicate that even though chiropractic services are a non-covered service, services covered under HIP that are within the scope of a chiropractor’s scope of practice, i.e. physical therapy services, may be covered. I will repeat the exact quote from FSSA below. In addition, I will include the list of covered services, prior authorization details, and provider enrollment instructions.
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HIP Redetermination FAQs
http://www.in.gov/fssa/hip/files/HIP_Redeterm_FAQs1_cs01062009.pdf
Provider FAQs
http://www.in.gov/fssa/hip/files/providerfaqs1106.pdf
Q. How do providers enroll in HIP?
A. Providers must enroll as an Indiana Medicaid (Indiana Health Coverage Programs, IHCP) provider and must be affiliated with one or more of the HIP insurers.
• To enroll with Indiana Medicaid, call 1-877-707-5750 or go to www.IndianaMedicaid.com
• For MDwise with Americhoice provider network information call Sherri Miles at 317-829-5532 or Dan Westlake at 317-630-2838.
• For Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield provider network information call 1-800-455-6805.
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