From: Dr. Margolies .. 10-10-02 www.chirosmart.net LUCC update: Five LUCC students have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Sid and the Board of Trustees for negligence in losing accreditation of the chiropractic program. There are another nine students suing next week from the same law firm. Read more about it on my webpage under Chiropractic News. Also while on my webpage .. read a definitive and extensive discussion concerning the new Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice forms that went into effect Oct.1. Check my webpage: www.chirosmart.net under Chiropractic News for this as well. For anyone needing a boost of their personal injury knowledge .. be sure to attend the next Fernandez Seminar in Atlanta .. November 2 and 3. Call them at 1-800-882-4476 for details. Postings this week: Practice for sale in Roswell, Ga .. Chiropractic space for lease in metro Atlanta .. DC is looking for an associate position in Hawaii .. Office available in Berkeley, CA .. Office in gym available in Costa Mesa CA .. Female DC is looking for associate position in eastern Pennsylvania .. Associate position is available in the metro Atlanta area .. FL DC looking for a Synergy or XTS rehab/exercise system - new or used .. WC marketing kit .. Two Ergowave intersegmental traction tables for sale .. DC is looking to purchase 2 or 3 Spinalators for an office in Atlanta .. Two Chattanooga Ergobench with a fixed top and flat benches for sale .. RichMar High Volt Unit for sale .. DC is looking for a used diagnostic ultrasound machine suitable for musculo-skeletal work .. DC is looking for a used IST and Adjusting table with motorized F/D .. DC looking for a used ultrasound unit in the metro Atlanta area .. NEW MEDICARE ABN FORM IS MANDATORY FOR DOCTORS E-mail message this week .. Neat Stuff Ever go to your attic or closet and decided a massive clean up was in order? Found often between reams of papers and interesting gadgets were loads of neat stuff. In our chiropractic closets we may find old forms .. marketing ideas .. diagnostic tools .. patient letters .. etc. A few years back .. I moved my office of nineteen years just one mile up the road. Talk about cleaning and boxing and finding tons of neat stuff. I just couldn¼t throw any away and made it a point to place them in new neat places for eventual use. Just the other day .. four years later .. I found some of the old neat stuff in the new neat stuff place and decided that it still was really neat stuff but this time .. I threw it away. If it really was neat stuff it would have been implemented immediately .. deemed successful to use or discarded for good. Creative minds often work in circles and every once in awhile it creates something really special. Such as patient welcome letters. How many have you purchased or created .. are they still waiting to be used on a shelf gathering dust or looking for an envelope to fulfil its mission? What about patient survey forms .. this is a great way to determine the status of a patient. Every PI patient should have timely surveys or questionnaires to determine their status .. every general patient should be asked how they are doing .. have they done their homework such as exercises .. lifestyle changes .. ergonomic adaptations at work .. began their review of their diet and levels of stress .. been asked who they know and who would benefit from chiropractic care at home .. at work .. at play. Possibly you found flyers announcing special events that were used in years past. Today with some extra attention the same concepts would work with just a little tweaking here and there. So .. check the closets .. look in the attic .. decide if there is a springboard of information or a glimmer of hopeful thought that can be expanded toward greatness. Its there .. its especially in your attic that sits above your neck. This creative dome is a vast storehouse of knowledge just waiting to break free and create some new neat stuff. The fun is rummaging through .. try it today Have a Great Day Dr. M Postings: Practice for sale in Roswell, Ga: $87,000.00. reply to: Volumedc@aol.com or call 770 748-6084 Chiropractic space for lease in metro Atlanta: New Gwinnett County shopping center on Hwy. 78, opening late Spring 2003. Chiropractor space available. Adjacent to World Gym with direct access. Other tenants include Tae Kwon Do school and Atlanta Bread Company. Over 73,000 cars a day pass the site. Over 49,000 population and an average annual household income of over $100,000 in a three-mile radius. For information call Dr. William Fan at (404) 641-1520 or e-mail chirohealth1@juno.com. DC is looking for an associate position in Hawaii: Reply to: drchang@care2.com Office available in Berkeley, CA: Beautifully furnished chiropractic office available in Berkeley, CA. Monday -Wednesday - Friday -Saturday. 1000 sq. ft. with reception area, bodywork room, big adjusting room for 4 tables, separate office off main adjusting room, bathroom, plenty of parking. Put $20K into it so far and want to share it with another like-minded chiropractor. $1500/month rent plus 1/2 utilities. 3 year sublease available. Truly an office to be proud of and close enough to everything to be busy making a difference with lots of Berkeley folks. Please email Chirokaren@aol.com or call 510-527-5770 Office in gym available in Costa Mesa CA: Opportunity for a California Chiropractor to practice in a gym in Costa Mesa CA. Office is ten minutes from Newport Beach in Southern California. Join as an associate or purchase the practice. For more information call 714-713-3000 or email crischiro@hotmail.com Female DC is looking for associate position in eastern Pennsylvania: 3 years with own practice wishing to live closer to family in Lancaster PA. Reply to: dczig@dejazzd.com Associate position is available in the metro Atlanta area: Reply to: alexmahyar@yahoo.com or call (678)427-7657 Dr. Alex FL DC looking for a Synergy or XTS rehab/exercise system - new or used: or a BackSystem3 stretch machine. reply to: atlasdoctor@hotmail.com WC marketing kit: Go to www.chirosuccess.com/special/industrykit.html or call me at 1-800-250-2655 for complete information. Free marketing newsletter: www.chirosuccess.com/newsletter/newsletter.html Two Ergowave intersegmental traction tables for sale: Practically new and used for a short period of time. reply to: wellsrk@yahoo.com DC is looking to purchase 2 or 3 Spinalators for an office in Atlanta: Reply to: meininge@bellsouth.net Two Chattanooga Ergobench with a fixed top and flat benches for sale: Each cost $450 new will sale for $300 each. Excellent condition. I have two standard flat benches which were used for adjusting and as therapy stations. Grey. Will sale for $50 each. Reply to: meininge@bellsouth.net RichMar High Volt Unit for sale: Complete with pads and ground pads, Enough to do two patients at once. Very good condition. Will sell for $500.00. reply to: Reply to: meininge@bellsouth.net DC is looking for a used diagnostic ultrasound machine suitable for musculo-skeletal work: reply to: info@perfecthealthcenter.com DC is looking for a used IST and Adjusting table with motorized F/D: Reply to: Chiropractor@mail2Dallas.com DC looking for a used ultrasound unit in the metro Atlanta area: DC located in the metro atlanta area is looking for a used ultrasound unit for sale. If you have one for sale please contact Dana at 770-454-8300 NEW MEDICARE ABN FORM IS MANDATORY FOR DOCTORS: First .. for a definitive and extensive discussion concerning the new Medicare forms please visit my webpage: www.chirosmart.net and check under Chiropractic News. There is a valuable article by Dr. Brad Hayes for you to download. As part of its Beneficiary Notification Initiative, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form along with new instructions. This new form (CMS-R-131-G) became MANDATORY as of Oct. 1, 2002. Your old ABN forms (also known as "waivers") are no longer acceptable and do not protect you from liability. CMS has designed the new form to be more beneficiary-friendly, more readable and understandable, and more clearly defined in regard to patient options. PLEASE NOTE: On the new form there are only three places that may be "customized." Providers are permitted to customize the header, the "Items or Services" box and the "Because" box. Otherwise, absolutely NO CHANGES may be made to the form. It is imperative that every doctor of chiropractic read the new instructions carefully and download the new form. Both the instructions (found in PM AB-02-114) and the new form (in PDF format) may be obtained at <">http://cms.gov/medlearn/refabn.asp>. Should the ABN be routinely used prior to each visit by a Medicare patient. The answer, according to Medicare, is no. Medicare instructions on ABN use make it clear that "giving routine notices for all claims and services is not an acceptable practice." Medicare states: "Physicians and suppliers should not give ABNs to beneficiaries unless the physician or supplier has some genuine doubt that Medicare will make payment as evidenced by their stated reasons."