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If you’re like most doctors, you probably have a sign in your office asking patients to turn off or silence their cell phones. It’s a kindness to other patients and your front desk CA, who has enough to juggle without overhearing four or five different one-sided...

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...

Doctors are often frustrated by the lengths to which they must go to turn shopper calls into new patients and transition insured patients to private pay. Knowing the right things to say and when can make all the difference. Promoting ChiroHealthUSA as a means for your...

With just three months to go until October 1, 2015, many DC's I meet these days look like they’re carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Their gaze is distracted. Their breathing is shallow. I ask them how they’re doing and they mutter, “ICD-10. ICD-10!”...

For every colleague I meet who tells me business drops off during the summer, I can introduce you to at least two others who will tell you their slow time of year is winter or fall. The truth is, no two practices are exactly the same, and which season is “off” may...

If your household is anything like mine, April and May are prime months for spring cleaning. Windows are flung open, closets and drawers cleared of clutter, seasonal clothing swapped out, and everything else dusted, swept, vacuumed, and polished to a shine. It feels...

President Obama and his administration celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) in late March. Whether you believe it’s been a good thing or a bad thing, it remains, unless Republicans can overturn it as they continue to threaten, a...

A decade ago, the OIG reported that 94% of chiropractic documentation had serious errors or missing information. Sadly, there’s nothing to indicate in the intervening ten years that this statistic has improved by much. With the OIG and third-party payers ramping up...

Whether you celebrated Valentine’s Day or not, it’s almost impossible to avoid the hearts, candy, balloons, and flowers in the supermarket aisles. And they’ll be there a few more weeks at HUGE discounts! (It’s a shame they don’t keep!) Love—or, at the very least, the...