PROVIDER ARTICLES

What’s the one question that your staff dreads most? If your office is like many, it’s probably “How much does the first visit cost?” Shopper calls are a normal part of doing business. And prospective patients are understandably focused on the cost of care. But in...

Surprise! The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), made recent headlines by jumping up and down and warning that chiropractic documentation is so poor they’re recommending CMS turn up the heat. That means more intense scrutiny, more records requests, more audits,...

It’s October—do you know where your reimbursements are? If you’re reading this, you already know that October 1, 2015 came and went, and the earth did not open up and swallow us whole.  It’s possible, though, that doctors who found themselves down to the wire and...

In the early years of my life, my mom worked as a CA for a local chiropractor. With the doctor’s encouragement, she went on to apply for and be accepted into Chiropractic College. She worked as a vet tech by day and attended chiropractic school at night with me in...

If you’ve heard of ChiroHealthUSA, you may already know that we’re a Network that works in conjunction with a Discount Medical Plan Organization (DMPO). That means that you can run your practice the way DCs used to, with compassion, and without worrying about if your...

Let me guess! You went to Chiropractic College because you are a traditionalist who loves to toe the line. I’ll just pause here for the inevitable smirk. See, I’m a DC, too, and I know full well that most of us chiropractors are, if not outright rebels, certainly...

I see you, ICD-10 procrastinators. I meet you at chiropractic conventions and seminars. I talk to you on the phone. I read about you in really unnerving statistics, like the one I saw recently from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that says that only...

I talk to a lot of chiropractors, and it’s almost always a joy. Except when I hear something like this: “Hey, I treat my brother’s wife’s cousins for free. That’s okay, right?” or “I have some great patients who have been with me for 10 years, so sometimes I just, you...

I don’t know about you, but when I graduated from Chiropractic College, I thought I’d open my doors, charge folks a single fee for each service, maybe have to deal with a little insurance, and that would be that. Looking back, I had no idea of what I was getting into....

Like many of you, I don’t have much time to fool around on the internet. But this morning, it only took me two minutes to find these three Groupon offers from various chiropractic clinics around the country: Initial Consultation and Adjustment ($90 value) $30 – Save...

I think it’s pretty clear to everyone who meets me that I love chiropractic, and that I’m a champion of the profession and every practice out there. Like the rest of you, I pour my heart and soul into my work. As a doctor, it is one of the great joys we have being...