RE: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

[Guest guest]

Hi Chirag,

Hope your move

goes smoothly!

I’ve moved

after opening my IMP as well. I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing

address, to avoid the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s

offices, hospitals, etc). I notified them of the change in my physical

location, which some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one of

the companies. I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice for you

there.

Some county

medical societies can help get the info out about your new location to fellow

docs by doing a ‘fax blast’. I would suggest you call the insurances

(provider relations) you are contracted with and tell them the details of your

move and see if you can get it all set up now, or at least learn what hoops you

need to jump through and when.

Good luck!

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

I am thinking of moving my practice to a nicer area after

being at my current location for 3 years. . I have been at my current

location since I opened up from scratch. There is a podiatrist that is 5

miles away, no more than 8-10 minutes driving from my current location that

is interested in subleasing. I don't know his price and condition yet, but meeting

with him next week. I had some questions:

Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of

things I should do with insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?

How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?

I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of

service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How do

I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my new location on file

quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any other

options?

Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other general

tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag

[Guest guest]

Medicare hasn't paid me in 7 weeks and they  know where Iam

 whybother?

 

( the  story theytold my biller is something about end of fiscal year.)

 in August it was SGR wranlging.

It is not possible to opt out That's all there is here. I would   see 1 patient  a day  without medicare....

So i wait.And Chirag rightly worries.

 

 

Jean

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Chirag,

 

Hope your move goes smoothly!

 

I’ve moved after opening my IMP as well.  I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing address, to avoid the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s offices, hospitals, etc).   I notified them of the change in my physical location, which some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one of the companies.  I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice for you there.

Some county medical societies can help get the info out about your new location to fellow docs by doing  a ‘fax blast’.  I would suggest you call the insurances (provider relations) you are contracted with and tell them the details of your move and see if you can get it all set up now, or at least learn what hoops you need to jump through and when.

 

Good luck!

 

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

 

 

 

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:03 PMTo: imp impSubject: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

 

 

I am thinking of moving my practice to a nicer area after being at my current location for 3 years.  . I have been at my current location since I opened up from scratch. There is a podiatrist that is 5 miles away, no more than 8-10 minutes driving from my current location that is interested in subleasing. I don't know his price and condition yet, but meeting with him next week. I had some questions:

Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of things I should do with insurance companies? Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?

I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How do I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my new location on file quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any other options?

Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other general tips/advice?Thanks so much!Chirag

 

-- PATIENTS-please remember  that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into your  chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD    

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[Guest guest]

do you get actual paper checks? We

have been on EFT now for about 3 years and didn’t see a bump at all when we

switched from NHIC to Palmetto. We saw a minimal slow-down while SGR was being

discussed, but have been on track ever since. We actually just got our e-rx

bonus last week – about $550!!! I highly recommend having EFT for all

payments!

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ] On

Behalf Of

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010

6:15 PM

To:

Subject: Re:

NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

Medicare hasn't paid me in 7 weeks and they know where Iam

whybother?

( the story theytold my biller is something about end of fiscal

year.)

in August it was SGR wranlging.

It is not possible to opt out That's all there is here. I

would see 1 patient a day without medicare....

So i wait.And Chirag rightly worries.

Jean

Hi Chirag,

Hope your move goes smoothly!

I’ve moved after opening my IMP as

well. I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing address, to avoid

the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s offices, hospitals,

etc). I notified them of the change in my physical location, which

some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one of the

companies. I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice for you

there.

Some county medical societies can help

get the info out about your new location to fellow docs by doing a ‘fax

blast’. I would suggest you call the insurances (provider relations) you

are contracted with and tell them the details of your move and see if you can

get it all set up now, or at least learn what hoops you need to jump through

and when.

Good luck!

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From: [mailto: ]

On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010

4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject:

NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

I am thinking of

moving my practice to a nicer area after being at my current location for 3

years. . I have been at my current location since I opened up from

scratch. There is a podiatrist that is 5 miles away, no more than 8-10

minutes driving from my current location that is interested in subleasing. I

don't know his price and condition yet, but meeting with him next week. I had

some questions:

Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of

things I should do with insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?

How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?

I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of

service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How do

I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my new location on file

quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any other

options?

Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other general

tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag

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PATIENTS-please remember that email may not be entirely secure, and that

Email is part of the medical record and is placed into your chart (

be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and brief questions

Email replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the

matter is more urgent .

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[Guest guest]

Second piece of advice, you could even make your billing back office address different than your actual office address. Ours is as we use this billing company right? So swap everything over to like your home address so from now on there will never be any hang-ups unless you plan on moving that sometime soon... Or get a PO Box for mailing the papers to which actually our billing company does so all of our stuff and all their clients go to this PO Box.... No more address change problems I would believe because now your billing address is always stable no matter how many times you need to bop around for business reasons...

To: Sent: Tue, October 26, 2010 9:41:58 AMSubject: RE: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

do you get actual paper checks? We have been on EFT now for about 3 years and didn’t see a bump at all when we switched from NHIC to Palmetto. We saw a minimal slow-down while SGR was being discussed, but have been on track ever since. We actually just got our e-rx bonus last week – about $550!!! I highly recommend having EFT for all payments!

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 6:15 PMTo: Subject: Re: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

Medicare hasn't paid me in 7 weeks and they know where Iam

whybother?

( the story theytold my biller is something about end of fiscal year.)

in August it was SGR wranlging.

It is not possible to opt out That's all there is here. I would see 1 patient a day without medicare....

So i wait.And Chirag rightly worries.

Jean

Hi Chirag,

Hope your move goes smoothly!

I’ve moved after opening my IMP as well. I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing address, to avoid the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s offices, hospitals, etc). I notified them of the change in my physical location, which some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one of the companies. I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice for you there.

Some county medical societies can help get the info out about your new location to fellow docs by doing a ‘fax blast’. I would suggest you call the insurances (provider relations) you are contracted with and tell them the details of your move and see if you can get it all set up now, or at least learn what hoops you need to jump through and when.

Good luck!

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag PatelSent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:03 PMTo: imp impSubject: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

I am thinking of moving my practice to a nicer area after being at my current location for 3 years. . I have been at my current location since I opened up from scratch. There is a podiatrist that is 5 miles away, no more than 8-10 minutes driving from my current location that is interested in subleasing. I don't know his price and condition yet, but meeting with him next week. I had some questions:Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of things I should do with insurance companies? Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How do I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my

new location on file quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any other options? Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other general tips/advice?Thanks so much!Chirag

-- PATIENTS-please remember that email may not be entirely secure, and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into your chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

What does "not par with Medicare mean" ? You don't participate? Opted out? Thanks for your help!Chirag Patel, D.O.ABC Medical1550 N Mannheim Rd. Unit CStone Park, IL 60165P F Subject: RE: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASINGTo: Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7:57 PM

Hi Chirag, Hope your move

goes smoothly! I’ve moved

after opening my IMP as well. I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing

address, to avoid the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s

offices, hospitals, etc). I notified them of the change in my physical

location, which some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one of

the companies. I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice for you

there.

Some county

medical societies can help get the info out about your new location to fellow

docs by doing a ‘fax blast’. I would suggest you call the insurances

(provider relations) you are contracted with and tell them the details of your

move and see if you can get it all set up now, or at least learn what hoops you

need to jump through and when. Good luck! Eads, MD Pinnacle Family Medicine Colorado Springs, CO www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

I am thinking of moving my practice to a nicer area after

being at my current location for 3 years. . I have been at my current

location since I opened up from scratch. There is a podiatrist that is 5

miles away, no more than 8-10 minutes driving from my current location that

is interested in subleasing. I don't know his price and condition yet, but meeting

with him next week. I had some questions:

Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of

things I should do with insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?

How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?

I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of

service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How do

I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my new location on file

quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any other

options?

Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other general

tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag

[Guest guest]

nonpar is not the same as opting out.

this explains the various Medicare options reasonably well:

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/practicemgt/mcareoptions.html

 

What does

"not par with Medicare mean" ? You don't

participate? Opted out? Thanks for your help!

Chirag

Patel, D.O.

ABC Medical

1550 N Mannheim

Rd. Unit C

Stone Park, IL

60165

P

F

From: Eads

Subject: RE: NEED ADVICE

ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

To:

Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7:57 PM

 

Hi Chirag,

 

Hope your move

goes smoothly!

 

I’ve moved

after opening my IMP as well.  I

purposefully had a POB that remained

my mailing

address, to avoid the confusion with

the insurance companies (and doctor’s

offices, hospitals, etc).   I notified

them of the change in my physical

location, which some data person

entered in as my new mailing address

at one of

the companies.  I wasn’t par with

medicare, so don’t have any advice for

you

there.

Some county

medical societies can help get the

info out about your new location to

fellow

docs by doing  a ‘fax blast’.  I would

suggest you call the insurances

(provider relations) you are

contracted with and tell them the

details of your

move and see if you can get it all set

up now, or at least learn what hoops

you

need to jump through and when.

 

Good luck!

 

Eads, MD

Pinnacle

Family Medicine

Colorado

Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

 

 

 

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25,

2010 4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject:

NEED ADVICE

ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

 

 

I

am thinking of moving my

practice to a nicer area

after being at my current

location for 3 years.  . I

have been at my current

location since I opened up

from scratch. There is a

podiatrist that is 5 miles

away, no more than 8-10

minutes driving from my

current location that is

interested in subleasing.

I don't know his price and

condition yet, but meeting

with him next week. I had

some questions:

Anybody else have to move

before like this, and if

so, have a checklist of

things I should do with

insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this

podiatrist before moving

forward?

How do I notify Medicare

and other insurance

companies?

I hear that Medicare can

take 3 months or more to

input new location of

service and I cannot see

patients at new location

until it's inputted. How

do I handle my Medicare

patients if Medicare

doesn't get my new

location on file quick

enough? I don't want to

lose money due to Medicare

delays, any other options?

Any other major things to

worry about when moving a

clinic? Any other general

tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag

 

[Guest guest]

haha " reasonably well "

 

nonpar is not the same as opting out.

this explains the various Medicare options reasonably well:

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/practicemgt/mcareoptions.html

 

What does

" not par with Medicare mean " ? You don't

participate? Opted out? Thanks for your help!

Chirag

Patel, D.O.

ABC Medical

1550 N Mannheim

Rd. Unit C

Stone Park, IL

60165

P

F

From: Eads

Subject: RE: NEED ADVICE

ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

To:

Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7:57 PM

 

Hi Chirag,

 

Hope your move

goes smoothly!

 

I’ve moved

after opening my IMP as well.  I

purposefully had a POB that remained

my mailing

address, to avoid the confusion with

the insurance companies (and doctor’s

offices, hospitals, etc).   I notified

them of the change in my physical

location, which some data person

entered in as my new mailing address

at one of

the companies.  I wasn’t par with

medicare, so don’t have any advice for

you

there.

Some county

medical societies can help get the

info out about your new location to

fellow

docs by doing  a ‘fax blast’.  I would

suggest you call the insurances

(provider relations) you are

contracted with and tell them the

details of your

move and see if you can get it all set

up now, or at least learn what hoops

you

need to jump through and when.

 

Good luck!

 

Eads, MD

Pinnacle

Family Medicine

Colorado

Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

 

 

 

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25,

2010 4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject:

NEED ADVICE

ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

 

 

I

am thinking of moving my

practice to a nicer area

after being at my current

location for 3 years.  . I

have been at my current

location since I opened up

from scratch. There is a

podiatrist that is 5 miles

away, no more than 8-10

minutes driving from my

current location that is

interested in subleasing.

I don't know his price and

condition yet, but meeting

with him next week. I had

some questions:

Anybody else have to move

before like this, and if

so, have a checklist of

things I should do with

insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this

podiatrist before moving

forward?

How do I notify Medicare

and other insurance

companies?

I hear that Medicare can

take 3 months or more to

input new location of

service and I cannot see

patients at new location

until it's inputted. How

do I handle my Medicare

patients if Medicare

doesn't get my new

location on file quick

enough? I don't want to

lose money due to Medicare

delays, any other options?

Any other major things to

worry about when moving a

clinic? Any other general

tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag

 

-- Sangeetha Murthy M.D

[Guest guest]

Sorry – I meant that I have opted out of Medicare – don’t have

any relationship with them.  There are 3 different ways of ‘working’ with Medicare

– participating, non-participating, and opting out as a provider.

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag Patel

Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:33 AM

To:

Subject: RE: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

What does " not par with Medicare mean " ?

You don't participate? Opted out? Thanks for your help!

Chirag Patel, D.O.

ABC Medical

1550 N Mannheim Rd. Unit C

Stone Park, IL 60165

P

F

Subject: RE: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

To:

Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7:57 PM

Hi

Chirag,

Hope

your move goes smoothly!

I’ve moved after opening my IMP as

well. I purposefully had a POB that remained my mailing address, to

avoid the confusion with the insurance companies (and doctor’s offices,

hospitals, etc). I notified them of the change in my physical

location, which some data person entered in as my new mailing address at one

of the companies. I wasn’t par with medicare, so don’t have any advice

for you there.

Some

county medical societies can help get the info out about your new location to

fellow docs by doing a ‘fax blast’. I would suggest you call the

insurances (provider relations) you are contracted with and tell them the

details of your move and see if you can get it all set up now, or at least

learn what hoops you need to jump through and when.

Good

luck!

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family

Medicine

Colorado Springs,

CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chirag

Patel

Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:03 PM

To: imp imp

Subject: NEED ADVICE ON MOVING AND SUBLEASING

I am thinking of moving my practice to a

nicer area after being at my current location for 3 years. . I have

been at my current location since I opened up from scratch. There is a

podiatrist that is 5 miles away, no more than 8-10 minutes driving from my

current location that is interested in subleasing. I don't know his price

and condition yet, but meeting with him next week. I had some questions:

Anybody else have to move before like this, and if so, have a checklist of

things I should do with insurance companies?

Anything I should ask this podiatrist before moving forward?

How do I notify Medicare and other insurance companies?

I hear that Medicare can take 3 months or more to input new location of

service and I cannot see patients at new location until it's inputted. How

do I handle my Medicare patients if Medicare doesn't get my new location on

file quick enough? I don't want to lose money due to Medicare delays, any

other options?

Any other major things to worry about when moving a clinic? Any other

general tips/advice?

Thanks so much!

Chirag