by Jason Farmer | Feb 11, 2026 | Compliance & Risk
The DCMP billing rules are precise and unforgiving. Standalone claim requirements, practitioner roster matching, and duplicate-billing restrictions with CCM and related codes create a pattern of denials that most practices discover the hard way. Key TakeawaysDCMP...
by Jason Farmer | Dec 6, 2025 | Compliance & Risk
Compliance failures are almost never dramatic. They accumulate quietly — a missed training here, an outdated policy there — until an audit forces the issue. Here are the five we find most often. Key TakeawaysPolicies that exist on paper but not in behavior provide no...
by Jason Farmer | Dec 1, 2025 | Compliance & Risk
The federal improper-payment data for chiropractic is unflattering and widely misread. Almost none of it is about clinical judgment. Nearly all of it is about the chart. Key TakeawaysCMS’s 2025 CERT data put the improper payment rate for chiropractic services at...
by Jason Farmer | Aug 15, 2025 | Compliance & Risk
In January 2025 the FTC obtained orders permanently banning two chiropractic-world founders from marketing regenerative medicine and requiring payment of more than $5.1 million. The marketing, not the medicine, is what was charged. Key TakeawaysIn January 2025,...
by Jason Farmer | May 1, 2025 | Compliance & Risk
Medical offices rarely see OSHA until a complaint or a needlestick brings an inspector to the door. By then, the file either exists or it does not. Here is what belongs in it. Key TakeawaysThe Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is the center of gravity for medical-office...
by Jason Farmer | Apr 7, 2025 | Compliance & Risk
You do not need a hospital’s compliance department. You need seven working components, documented and maintained — because the fines are indexed to negligence, not to practice size. Key TakeawaysHIPAA penalties scale with culpability, so the difference between a...
