minnesota board of chiropractic examiners

MINNESOTA BOARD OF
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us
RENEWALS NOTICES
Renewal notices have been sent out. THESE NOTICES ARE NOT YOUR RENEWAL APPLICATION!!! In order to
complete a renewal, you must submit a renewal application (not this card) and pay a fee. This can all be completed
online by going to .www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us. In the alternative you may request an application from the
Board, however renewal online is keeping board costs, and your fees, down. Last year during renewal time, 74% of all
fees were paid online, and a whopping 88% of all applications were completed online. Because of this use, the fees
have also come down significantly. Don't have a computer? No problem ... you can use a friends, go to a local college,
a local library, or even stop by the Board office during normal business hours. You'll get immediate confirmation of
your transaction, with confirmation of your relicensure online the next day.
CONTINUING EDUCATION ROULETTE
Much like the old game commonly referred to as "Russian Roulette" some practitioners have taken the chance that
they'll slip through and not be audited. This has already begun to result in significant penalties, including up to a $900
fine for each year the CE was deficient, and the requirement to get additional CEo You mayor may not be lucky with
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is constructed such that all doctors will be audited on (approximately) a 4 year cycle. EACH year actively licensed
doctors must have the 20 hours (including 3 Xray and 1 professional boundary) requirement accounted for. Excess
hours in one year WILL NOT be used to account for a deficiency in another year (except for 2002-2003 transition
years). We strongly encourage you not to playa losing game ... be absolutely certain to acquire your CE each and
every year.
THE NEXT TRAp·· REVISITED
Because the Board is seeing more of..this issue surfacing, and because the danger to your license is so great, the
Board is reprinting an article from it's December 2002 Newsletter.
The Next Trap?
It has come to the Board's attention that companies (some from out of state) are contacting
doctors of chiropractic and offering them an opportunity that may be too good to be true. (Have
you ever heard that before?) It goes like this: You have a patient or patients which may need
neurodiagnostic testing. You provide office space for a technician to come in, bring in their own
equipment and perform the test. You pay an hourly fee for the technician and rental of the
equipment. You then charge the insurance company for the "technical" component of performing
the examination, while some physician from another state charges for the "professional"
component. You are STRONGLY encouraged to review the laws with your attorney before
engaging in such activities. Other states have been taking fairly severe action (e.g. two
suspensions in Arizona) for such charging, and there may be some violations of federal laws as
well.
You are strongly encouraged to consult private legal counsel before utilizing any "Make money fast" schemes. All too
often such schemes are illegal, and can cause severe and permanent repercussions.
MINNESOTA BOARD OF
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us
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RENEWAL SEASON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
THE ONLINE RENEWAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN IMPROVED!
Renewal season begins in August 2002. Upcoming deadlines are as follows:
September 15
December 31
December 31
December 31
February 28
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Acupuncture Renewals
DC License Renewals
Professional Firm Renewals
Seminar Sponsor Renewals
Independent Examiner Renewals
The Board would like to encourage more licensees to use the online system and to provide an email
address.
The online feature to change your address and supply an email address is available now on the web at
www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us under ONLINE RENEWALIINFORMATION CHANGES.
The online Acupuncture Renewal feature shall be activated on or about August 15, 2002. To access the
web online system go to the Board's website at www.mn-chiroboard.state.mn.us and click on ONLINE
RE EWALIINFORMATION CHANGES.
RULE CHANGES TO CONTINUING EDUCATION
REPORTING ARE STILL ANTICIPATED
Effective immediately, licensees are STRONGL Y ENCOURAGED to begin acquiring and maintaining
receipts of participation in continuing education programs directly from the CE providers. This should be
done in anticipation of rule amendments. Licensees SHOULD NOT construe this to mean that any
amendments are currently in place. This notice is only to prepare you in anticipation of changes currently
being considered.
A. WARNING ABOUT THE ROLE
OF AN ACCOMPLICE
Based on recent experiences, the Board wishes to advise practitioners that they should seriously consider
the impact of their reporting obligations. Misguided "loyalty" may have inadvertently allowed practitioners
to sink further into poor judgment and poor practices until the level of violations have become serious. The
Board would like to remind you that loyalty to your patients should always supersede "loyalty" to another
practitioner. The only way to avoid being an accomplice, and SUbjecting yourself to possible violations, is
to report violations to the Board. This must be done in writing and forms are available from the web site or
from the Board staff. The name of complainants will be kept anonymous if requested.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Protecting, maintaining and improving tile health ofall Minnesotans
May 3,2005
Ms. Rebecca Osborne
Mobile Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.
600 University Avenue SE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414-2132
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Thank you for submitting the 2004 Diagnostic Imaging Facility Utilization Report as
required by Minnesota Statutes, section 144.565, subdivision 4a.
After an initial audit the following problems were found:
• Demographic Information: Please identify your facility's CFO.
• Section2: Please identify all.ofthe, individuals with a financiator economic
interest in the facility. This includes all contract relationships with referring
providers. See Minnesota Statutes, section 144.565, subdivision 4, items b (13).
A copy of Minnesota Statutes, section 144.565 and the page of your submitted report
with the needed information is enclosed for your reference.
To avoid further action, please mail or fax (651-282-5628) corrections or additions as
listed above by May 20,2005. If you have any further questions please'contact me at
651-282-3818 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
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·AmyL. Camp
Health Care Cost Information Systems (HCCIS) Administrator
Healthcare Quality Information Program
Office of Health Poli&y, Statistics, & Informatics
cc: Ann Wynne, Mobile Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.
Kristin Loncorich, Supervisor, Healthcare Quality Information Program
Barb Wills, Manager, Healthcare Quality Inf0l111ation Program
enclosures
General Informarion: (651) 215-5800 • TDD/TYY: (651) 215-8980 • Minnesota Relay Service: (800) 627-3529 • www.healrh.state.mn.us
For direcrions co any of the MDH locarions, call (651) 215-5800 • An equal opportunity employer
DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH
Protectinft> maintaining and improving the health ofall Minnesotans
September 19,2005
HCClS ill 559
Ms. Rebecca Osborne
Mobile Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.
600 University Avenue SE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 554142132
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Thank you for submitting the 2004 Diagnosic Imaging Facility Utilization Report as
required by Minnesota Statutes, sections 144.565, subdivision 4a.
This letter is to inform you that your report has been audited and accepted in full. While
MDH is accepting your report as submitted for 200-+, in the future, you must submit
names ofindividuals who have a financial or economic interest in each mobile unit's
parking contracts.
I have enclosed a clean printout of the data we now have in our database. This data may
be slightly different from what was originally submitted due to findings during the audit
process. Please review this information and let me know if you disagree with any of the
changes from what you had reported.
If you have any further questions, please contact me at 651-282-3818 or
[email protected].
Sincerely,
AmyL. Camp
Health Care Cost Information Systems (HCCIS) Administrator
Office of Health Policy, Statistics, & Informatics
cc: Barb Wills, Manager, Center for Data Initiatives
Kristin Loncorich, Supervisor, Center for Data Initiatives
Ann Wynne, Mobile Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.
David Hoiland, Attorney at Law
General Information: (651) 215-5800 • TDD/TYY: (651) 215-8980 • Minn:so[a Relay Service: (800) 627-3529 • www.health.state.ffin.lJS
For directions to any of rhe MDH locations, call (651) 21 ~-~SOO • An equal opportuniry employer
Minnesota Statutes, section 144.565 Diagnostic Imaging Facilities
Subdivision 1. Utilization and services data; economic and financial interests. The
commissioner shall require diagnostic imaging facilities to annually report to the commissioner,
in the form and manner specified by the commissioner:
(1) utilization data for each health plan company and each public program, including workers'
compensation, as follows:
(i) the number of computerized tomography (CT) procedures performed;
(ii) the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures performed; and
(iii) the number of positron emission tomography (PET) procedures performed; and
(2) the names of all individuals with a financial or economic interest in the facility.
Subd. 2. Commissioner's right to inspect records. If the report is not filed or the
commissioner of health has reason to believe the report is incomplete or false, the commissioner
shall have the right to inspect diagnostic imaging facility books, audits, and records.
Subd. 3. Separate reports. For a diagnostic imaging facility that is not attached or not
contiguous to a hospital or a hospital affiliate, the commissioner shall require the information in
subdivision 1 be reported separately for each detached diagnostic imaging facility as part of the
report required under section 144.702. If any entity owns more than one diagnostic imaging
facility, that entity must report by individual facility.
Subd. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given:
(a) "Diagnostic imaging facility" means a health care facility that provides diagnostic imaging
services through the use of ionizing radiation or other imaging technique including, but not
limited to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT) scan on a
freestanding or mobile basis.
(b) "Financial or economic interest" means a direct or indirect:
(1) equity or debt security issued by an entity, including, but not limited to, shares of stock in a
corporation, membership in a limited liability company, beneficial interest in a trust, units or
other interests in a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes or other equity interests or debt
instruments, or any contractual arrangements;
(2) membership, proprietary interest, or co-ownership with an individual, group, or
organization to which patients, clients, or customers are referred to; or
(3) employer-employee or independent contractor relationship, including, but not limited to,
those that may occur in a limited partnership, profit-sharing arrangement, or other similar
arrangement with any facility to which patients are referred, including any compensation
between a facility and a health care provider, the group practice of which the provider is a
member or employee or a related party with respect to any of them.
(c) "Freestanding" means a diagnostic imaging facility that is not located within a:
(1) hospital;
(2) location licensed as a hospital; or
(3) physician's office or clinic where the professional practice of medicine by licensed
physicians is the primary purpose and not the provision of ancillary services such as diagnostic
imaging.
(d) "Mobile" means a diagnostic imaging facility that is transported to various sites not
including movement within a hospital or a physician's office or clinic.
HIST: 2004 c 198 s 9
2004 Minnesota Statutes, section 144.565, Diagnostic Imaging Facility Excerpt
Copyright 2004, Minnesota Revisor of Statutes