Author Archives: Mark Sanna
There are No changes to HIPAA yet but what does this mean for you now?
HHS released this email today. We have seen similar messages in the last few months. These emails are summarizing cases that are part of OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. This initiative is targeted at offices that do not release information when properly requested or release when they should not have. This is not surprising […]
BREAKING NEWS: DUTCH COURT ISSUES HISTORIC RULING ON CAUSATION IN CHIROPRACTIC SMT CASE
BREAKING NEWS: DUTCH COURT ISSUES HISTORIC RULING ON CAUSATION IN CHIROPRACTIC SMT CASE Haarlem, Netherlands, February 21, 2022: Chiropractor cleared of causing grievous bodily harm during treatment. The Noord-Holland Court has passed its judgment in relation to a chiropractor alleged to have caused serious physical injury after a patient, who had presented with a 5-day […]
UnitedHealthcare Adds Prior Authorization to Physical, Occupational Therapy in 4 States
UnitedHealthcare Adds Prior Authorization to Physical, Occupational Therapy in 4 States UnitedHealthcare now requires members to obtain prior authorization before undergoing physical and occupational therapy at multidisciplinary offices and outpatient hospitals in four states. Five details: The prior-authorization requirements for physical and occupational therapy went into effect on Feb. 1 in Arkansas, Georgia, New Jersey, and South […]
HIPAA Security: Are You Still Secure?
HIPAA Security: Are You Still Secure? Cyber security is a hot topic among the .govs now so more than ever. COVID has brought to light some challenges with software updates. IT staffing, and staff turnover. Chiropractic practices that were HIPAA security compliant and protected now may not be. What do you as a practitioner need […]
HIPAA Action Items for the Year’s End
HIPAA Action Items for the Year’s End As we move into this New Year it’s a great time to review your HIPAA Policies & Procedures and ensure compliance throughout the practice. Many of you have had staff turnover and policies you had in place even a year ago may have fallen by the wayside. As […]
2022 Medicare Fee Schedule Changes
2022 Medicare Fee Schedule Changes The House and Senate passed S.610, which addresses the looming Medicare payment cuts and President Biden has signed the bill into law. This means that the cuts have now been delayed, but only for a while. Here is what the new law addresses: The 2% sequestration has been delayed again […]
Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Settings
Press Release Sep 09, 2021 Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Settings https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-expand-vaccination-requirements-health-care-settings Facilities | CMS What does this mean for you and your practice? What: The Biden-Harris Administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities as a condition for participating in Medicare or Medicaid Who: All Medicare […]
Live to Solve Problems
Live to Solve Problems “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein “Houston, we have a problem.” This one statement sent hundreds of people into action. Problem-solving at its finest under the direst of circumstances. Some people live to solve problems and some people live to […]
Live to Learn
Live to Learn “The capacity to learn is a gift. The ability to learn is a skill. The willingness to learn is a choice.” – Brian Herbert “I’ll have plenty of time to learn it later”, “I am too old to learn” or “It’s too late for me” are common excuses to stop learning. The […]
Live to Love
Live to Love “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball Love is the primary law of life. Just as you must breathe in and out to live, you need the give and take of love for the […]
Live To Be Your Best Investment
Live To Be Your Best Investment “There is no more profitable investment than investing in yourself. It is the best investment you can make; you can never go wrong with it. It is the true way to improve yourself to be the best version of you and lets you be able to best serve those […]
Live For a Higher Purpose
Live For a Higher Purpose “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” ―Winston S. Churchill What is your purpose? How do you know you are on the right track? Two tools that you can use to define and guide your way through your higher purpose are knowing your […]
The Forgotten Client – Coaching the Unconscious: Part Two of a Two Part Series
The Forgotten Client – Coaching the Unconscious: Part Two of a Two-Part Series Let’s review some of the key factors modern science is showing best influence your ability to manage the unconscious mind. Start With Stress – Countless change initiatives are undermined by stress. Individuals may want to change their job, change their management style, […]
The Forgotten Client – Coaching the Unconscious: Part One of a Two-Part Series
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung The Forgotten Client – Coaching the Unconscious: Part One of a Two-Part Series When I was 10 years old my buddies and I signed up for Little League baseball. By sheer luck, […]
Helping People to Grow
“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road Helping People to Grow This being the season of Growth, many analogies between the way in which plants and […]
Grow Consistently
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Grow Consistently Personal growth seems to occur in spurts. We gain a little, lose a little, surge ahead or slide into a holding pattern wherein growth seems to be stagnated. Here are some ways to […]