United Health has made an update to billing for physical medicine codes for all plans. Now all billing for physical medicine codes 97010-97799 billed to any UHC plan must have modifier GP appended or will cause the claim to be Read more…
VA Community Care under Choice and PC3 will be changing to Optum Health June 2019 to manage care for veterans under the respective programs This affects only regions 1, 2, and 3. Regions 4, 5, and 6 will remain with Read more…
There have been many offices recently receiving denials for improper use of diagnosis. This is stemming not that the codes are incorrect but that they cannot be coded together on the same claim. This type of denial is due to Read more…
Florida physical therapists cannot offer âdry needlingâ procedures to their patients, a state judge ruled in a legal challenge filed by a group representing acupuncturists. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an order rejecting a proposed rule by the Florida Read more…
Network members please not the 2019 fees for workersâ compensation is available for states who publish fees. Note for California providers while there is a general fee schedule there is now some regional adjustments dependent on your location (Medicare localities) Read more…
Welcome to AAC 3.0, the new and improved AAC Digital Platform. We’ve made some great changes and consolidated our services into one complete platform. The Network, Digital Coding, HIPAA and Seminar Registrations are all here. You are now able to Read more…
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 Read more…
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 â10-1-2018â and this will provide the codes are that are being added, deleted Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…