A chiropractor fought a decade-long insurance audit that demanded $4 million in repayment over a billing code dispute. He refused to settle, backed by patient records showing 90% improved under his care. After ten years, agencies ruled he owed nothing.
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So, for me, it was all about looking at insurance and when the powers that be, the 3-letter agencies walk in and go, "Hey, we think you're overutilizing this code," never said anything but the word overutilization, I think it was about time for me to go, "Okay, no more insurance." So, I went through a little battle with them for about 10 years. And you know, I stayed true to who I was as a chiropractor and our treatments. I never buckled under any of what they were saying. And I went to the very end and they finally said, you know what? You did everything right. You don't owe. I mean, it got up to be, can I, can I tell you how much money they wanted back from me on my audit? Yeah, man. I mean, is that okay? That's a, it's a real thing, right? It was with, with interest up to $4 million. And I was like, I'm not paying that back. We treated these people. Here's our documentation. They're all got, they got better. Not everybody. I probably was 10%.