New 2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Now Available for Chiropractors

We’ve been checking and checking and the 2021 fee schedule is finally posted for Medicare rates. Please see below. These fees were updated on 1.11.2021 after Novitas updated their fees schedule. The passing of the latest COVID-19 package by Congress impacted the...

2021 E/M Guidelines Take Effect

by Mario Fucinari DC, CIC, CPCO, CPPM Since the initial evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines were released in 1995 and again in 1997, there has been controversy.  The American Medical Association and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have...

Changes to ICD-10 Codes for Chiropractors in 2021

October 1st is here and that means it’s time for updates to the ICD-10-CM code set. For 2021, there are 490 new codes, 58 deleted codes and 47 changed codes. Most years there aren’t many significant ICD-10-CM code changes which affect chiropractic offices. However,...

Call to Action – Proposed Medicare Cuts 19% for 2021!!

In August 2020, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces upcoming changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), beginning January 1, 2021. The 2021 proposed rule was intended to improve payments and...