new acupuncture codes

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In a message dated 12/5/04 12:33:27 PM, acudoc11 writes:

 

 

> A David Wells quote....

> Further Mr. Wells states, " Bear in mind that our existing acupuncture and

> electroacupuncture codes were due to expire at the end of 2004. If we did

> not

> succeed in getting those reinstated, we would have no way to bill. If we

> overreached, we may not have ended up with ANY code at all. "

>

> AOMNC disagrees. We would have what we right now have. The ABC Codes and if

> the carriers continued to refuse to reimburse when there were no other codes

> they could have been easily sued.

>

 

 

I disagree too. I believe that the codes would have been worked out by DO's,

DC's and MD's, and would have been even worse for us. It would not have been

hard for the CPT people to find folks to develop something that could fly

without us, but to put two of our best insurance minds into the project made a

big

difference in the outcome. So, if you think this is a bad outcome, and it

truly isn't that great, imagine what we would have received.

David Molony

 

 

 

David Molony

101 Bridge Street

Catasauqua, PA 18032

Phone (610)264-2755

Fax (610) 264-7292

 

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