b'CODING Update ComplianceLEGAL NUTRITIONCouncilANJC Leadership ComplianceCODING Update LEGAL EASE NUTRITION LEGAL NUTRITION Council ANJC Leadership REHAB Council CODING Update Compliance EASE NUTRITION LEGAL LEGAL Q&A CHIROASSISTExecutive Directors Update REHAB Council LEGAL NUTRITIONCouncilDr. Michele-Lynn Adams Dr. Jeffrey Heilman By Amy Boright Porchetta, CFREANJC Executive DirectorDr. Anthony Ambrogio Jr. Dr. Andrew LapkinDr. David Barrett Dr. Joseph A. Orecchio Jr. LEGAL Q&A CHIROASSISTANJC Leadership Dr. Ashdin Billimoria Dr. Leez-Betina Petit By now, I am sure that you have heard that ASHN Dr. Jared M. Duddy Dr. Zair Rizvi has filed suit against the ANJC. The suit is inLegislative UpdateExecutive Directors Update response to an email campaign resulting in over NUTRITION LEGAL EASE INSURANCE Update INSURANCE UpdateDr. Constance E. Garefino Dr. Paul F. Stefanelli 192,000 emails sent to Governor Murphy and NJ Dr. Sooyeon Gim Dr. Marina Trzepla legislators in which New Jersey residents voicedTECHNIQUE CouncilDr. Philip C. Grivas Dr. Nadine Weingarten their concerns regarding the potential pairing of ASHN and Horizon to oversee physical medicine Legislative Updateservices (chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy) as INSURANCE Update INSURANCE Update well as speech therapy. REHAB CouncilTECHNIQUE Council ANJC believes strongly that patients should be able to access OCTOBER 12TH13TH MedicareQ&AMedicare Updatechiropractic, and other physical medicine, benefits that theOUR HEALTHpeople of New Jersey needand pay for in their insurance HYATT REGENCY NEW BRUNSWICK premiumsin order to get healthy and stay healthy. In the midst GENERAL SESSION Iof an opioid epidemic, there should be no unreasonable barriers MedicareQ&AMedicare Updateto conservative care. Marketing in the Trenches: In our opinion, ASHN has a history of denying care, improperlyOUR HEALTHLEGAL Q&A CHIROASSISTPractical Tips & Legal RequirementsExecutive Directors Update Jon Morrison, Kevin Christie, DC & Jeffrey Randolph, Esq.paying claims, and creating roadblocks to conservative care. We have seen this in a 2012 Market Study conducted by our very GENERAL SESSION II own Department of Banking and Insurance where ASHN was Maximize Patient OutcomesCommunicating Research found to improperly pay claims, having an error rate of 55-56%, Jeff Langmaid, DC & Lori W. Allen among other issues. The NJDOBI investigators concluded that DOCUMENTATION TRACKS ASHs actions constituted a business practice that violated the Unfair Claim Settlement Procedures Act in New Jersey. This Legislative Update is public information as are numerous patient reviews of their What Story Do Your Records Tell?INSURANCE Update INSURANCE Update Protect Your Practice from Audits and Recoupmentexperiences with ASHNall easily found online. Our members The Critical Steps also have provided the ANJC with numerous examples of this David Klein, CPC, CPMA, CHCTECHNIQUE Councilcontinuing unabated since 2012.NUTRITION TRACKS In August, a judge signed off on an $11.75 million dollar class The Most Common Dysfunctions of the action lawsuit settlement filed by two New Jersey chiropractors Standard American Gut in Chronic Illness against ASHN and Cigna Insurance. Though ASHN did not admit Thomas Bayne, DC to any wrongdoing in the settlement, in addition to monetary damages, ASHN agreed as part of the settlement to enact What Stress Really Does to Us: A Deep Dive into the MedicareQ&AMedicare Update Metabolic Damage Caused by Chronic Stress and business reforms as specified in the settlement documents. How to Fix It With Nutrition and Lifestyle OUR HEALTHWe are confident that the judge will see through the baseless Christopher Bump, DC claims that ASHN has made against us. The ANJC considers the TECHNIQUE TRACKlawsuit filed by ASHN as a Strategic Litigation Against Public LIMITLESS Part I & II Participation (SLAPP) suit attempting to stifle the free speech and expression rights of our members and, more importantly, Daniel Murphy, DC their patients. We remain strong in our conviction that New SPORTS/REHAB TRACK Jersey residents should be allowed to voice their opinion to Anatomy Trains & Rehab: legislators regarding concerns they have with their benefits or A Primer for Implementation Part I & II otherwise, and we will not be silenced when trying to educate Matthew E. DiMond, DC, DACRB the public.www.njchiropractors.com I 5'