Weekly Member Memo: March 7, 2017

Weekly Member Memo

Week of March 6th, 2017

CA Recertification at the 2017 Spring Conference

This year, the NCCA will be offering an in-person CA recertification class with Dr. Rick Davis during the 2017 Spring Conference in Cary, NC. If your staff would like to take this class, please make sure to register them by faxing over this registration form. CAs need 6 hours of recertification to be eligible for renewal. This class will cover the following topics: acute cervical spine, acute lumbar spine, documentation, indications and contraindications for care.

Is Medicare Auditing You?

Courtesy of Chirocode Institute

Click here to view a very useful F.A.Q. regarding the Medicare Audit. The useful document can be later found in the NCCA Vault.

NCMIC Seeks Support with Dividend Checks

Doctors insured by NCMIC can expect their dividend checks to arrive in the mail at the end of March-beginning of April. As a way of thanking NCMIC for their ongoing support of the profession, doctors are invited to sign their dividend checks over the NCMIC Research Foundation to support chiropractic research. It was NCMIC that funded the majority of the State Employee's Health Plan study.

Are You Interested in Taking a DABCI Course?

Email Heather Wrenn, the Interim Executive Director, if you are interested in taking a 300-hour certification course for DABCI in Charlotte, NC. Doctors would have the option of taking the first 100 hours to get a certificate of completion plaque to hang on their wall or to continue the 300-hour course. It is a complete diplomate designation under the umbrella of the ACA Council on Diagnosis & Internal Disorders. The proposed course will start in September 2017.

In This Update

CA Recertification

NCMIC Research Foundation

DABCI Course

Medicare Audit

Legislative Update

Partner Highlight

Upcoming District Events: Register Now

March 8 - SE District

May 6 - Central District Greensboro Grasshoppers Game

May 20 - Eastern District Pullen Park

Upcoming Free Webinars

March 7 - The Four Biggest Reimbursement Mistakes You’re Probably Making...

March 21- Medicare Denials:Path to Approvals

March 28 - Managing Risk:The Newest Compliance Regulations

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April 26-Legislative Day

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Affordable Care Act Replacement

House Republican leaders on February 16 ,2017, presented their members with the outlines of their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, leaning heavily on tax credits to finance individual insurance purchases and sharply reducing federal payments to the 31 states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility, the New York Times reports. Click here to read the five things that you need to know. Click here for the most recent Republican draft designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (courtesy of the American Chiropractic Association).

Partner Highlight:

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Classes for 2017

Classes & Certifications

Chiropractic Family Practice Functional Medicine Certification

When: February 2016 - June 2017

Where: Durham, NC