17 09, 2012

The New Paradigm of Healthcare

By |2020-04-09T11:26:15-04:00September 17th, 2012|Chiropractic, News and Events|Comments Off on The New Paradigm of Healthcare

Doctors are … Start by entering those two words into the search line of Google and look at the list of the top ten searches. What words come to mind next?  This is the list from my search: Doctors are stupid, arrogant, evil, dangerous, idiots, overpaid, useless, underpaid, rich, greedy. This list is disappointing. Is this representative of public opinion of what doctors are? As one chiropractor, I realize there is not much I can do to improve perceptions of health [...]

21 10, 2010

The Cost-Savings and Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care

By |2020-04-08T14:01:25-04:00October 21st, 2010|Chiropractic, News and Events|Comments Off on The Cost-Savings and Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care

An unfortunate statistic is that back pain accounts for more than $100 billion in annual U.S. health care costs and is the second leading cause of physician visits and hospitalization. There are a number of studies suggesting that access to managed chiropractic care may reduce overall health care expenditures and produce beneficial outcomes to patients. The following studies are summaries*: 1.  More Satisfaction Evaluating one-month outcomes for Oregon-area patients with chronic low-back pain: Chiropractic patients showed five times greater improvement than medical [...]

17 08, 2010

Health Care Reform; the Chiropractic opportunity…

By |2020-04-08T12:25:16-04:00August 17th, 2010|archive|Comments Off on Health Care Reform; the Chiropractic opportunity…

Health care reform legislation has been passed by the U.S. House and Senate and has been signed by the President. To date, very few predictions have been made regarding the impact of this legislation on the chiropractic profession. In my opinion, the most important change for the citizens of the United States who seek chiropractic care is what has come to be known as the Harkin Amendment. One of the principal concerns for chiropractors is how the new law will affect [...]