As Federal funding for the Veterans Choice Program ends, VA will no longer use Choice to furnish community care to Veterans. All community care will transition to the Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) program effective June 6, 2019. The PC3 program Read more…
The Labor and Industry Commission of Washington state is ending the pilot program for acupuncture and treatment of low back for injured workers and now welcoming all licensed acupuncture providers to treat workerâs compensation patients for lower back pain June Read more…
Where to Send Medical Documentation Changes May 1! Starting May 1, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will begin requiring providers to send medical documentation to their authorizing VA Medical Center (VAMC) instead of TriWest. This change will affect Read more…
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…