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21st Century Cures Act and Acupuncture Providers – Patient Record Access

This act specifies that clinical notes collected in an electronic format must be made available in that format and made available free of charge to patients. Practices may continue using paper charts, and if you do not use electronic records, the 21st Century Cures Act likely has little impact on Read more…

By Sam Collins, 2 weeks2 weeks ago
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AAC supports Assembly Bill No. 918

A bill was introduced in the California Legislature to implement the national exam for California licensure as well as national certification. This would mean one exam for California providers and not two. This move will grant national certification allowing acupuncturists to be responsive to the current demand for their vital Read more…

By Sam Collins, 2 months2 months ago
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MUE and reduction of units of acupuncture.

The medically unlikely edits (MUE) do limit 3 units of acupuncture 1 initial set and up to 2 subsequent sets. However, Empire BCBS (New York) is taking a step further and denying any additional sets. It is worth an appeal to note specifically the edits indicate 3, not 1 set Read more…

By Sam Collins, 8 months8 months ago
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Update on ASH with BS of CA

Please be advised the information received from ASH earlier this week relating to the transition was misquoted by ASH provider relations and that the transition to using ASH with Blue Shield of California is going forward for 2020. As more details emerge we will forward it to all our members. Read more…

By American Acupuncture Council, 1 year ago
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Update: TriWest Healthcare

As of December 7, 2018, TriWest Healthcare Alliance will be the sole 3rd party administrator for Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) Benefits for the entire nation. TriWest will roll out their expansion in five phases over the next eight weeks. If you previously treated veterans via HealthNet or are currently billing Read more…

By Sam Collins, 2 years2 years ago
Network Newsletter

2019 ICD10-CM Updates

The 2019 codes have been published and now are included in with the AAC Info Network. Note these codes can be found by doing a search with “10-1-2018” and this will provide the codes are that are being added, deleted or changed for 2019 specific to acupuncture providers. The codes Read more…

By Sam Collins, 3 years2 years ago
Network Newsletter

ICD-10 Coding Update for 10-16-2016

The following codes are being added 10-1-2016 and are included in this list as the most likely to affect an acupuncture claims and/or conditions. They are listed in Alphabetic/ICD10 order. If you have our digital coding product the codes are in the system as well and can be searched by Read more…

By Sam Collins, 5 years2 years ago
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Acupuncture AAC Newsletter Winter 2015

Acupuncture AAC Newsletter Winter 2015   ICD10 Coding Primer With the plethora of new codes available in ICD10 some of the language can be overwhelming or at best confusing to decipher. Here are some basic rules to consider when choosing ICD10 codes. When using codes that state “other” or “unspecified” Read more…

By Sam Collins, 5 years2 years ago
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