Playing the Game: A Step-by-Step Approach to Accepting Insurance as an Acupuncturist

All the basics and all the details you need to make a living billing your patients' insurance successfully. In this book, you will find information such as: *How to decide whether to bill insurance or not in your practice. * Detailed directions on how to work with over 15 major insurance companies or conglomerates * Samples of more than 25 forms that you may need to use in varying situations, along with complete instructions for their use * Details of how and when to use each type of code and which codes NOT to use! * Access to an acupuncture-specific insurance website for downloading forms, getting industry updates, and much more! * Best practices for planning your patients' care when insurance will be billed * How to actually submit and manage a claim whether you are billing private fee-for-service insurance companies, managed care, workers' comp, or personal injury cases

Dr. Greg Sperber received a bachelor of science in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego before getting a master of traditional Oriental medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego. He worked as a business and computer consultant to several small businesses while getting his master of business administration with an emphasis in healthcare administration from National University. He moved to Australia in order to attend medical school at Flinders University of South Australia earning a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, the British equivalent to an MD). While attending medical school, he established an acupuncture and herbal practice and taught TCM, becoming the department chair of traditional Chinese medicine at the Adelaide Training College of Complementary Medicine. Currently, he is an instructor and clinical supervisor at Pacific College while running a private practice and working as the president of the California State Oriental Medical Association. Dr. Sperber has recently finished his second doctorate, becoming one of the first graduates with a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) at Pacific College. Generally, he gets very little sleep