Articles for Associations

It will come as no surprise to you that one of your members’ biggest problems is feeling helpless in the face of patients who run out the door the day their insurance runs out. Even patients who are the most devoted to chiropractic are understandably focused on the...

We hadn’t even passed the ICD-10 implementation deadline when the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began rattling chiropractors’ cages. There was nothing totally new in the OIG’s September report, but there was nothing reassuring either. As always, the OIG...

We’ve passed the October 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation deadline! Do you feel like celebrating, or lying down and taking a nap? This has been a crazy time for chiropractors and for the state associations who serve them. Your members have likely been inundating you with...

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...

Many of your members have been spending money on upgrading software and readying for ICD-10. And if they’re smart, setting aside savings to weather any reimbursement delays post-transition. Some members may be so concerned about the transition that the costs of...

I’ve been around more years than I want to admit, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen DCs and their teams more stressed out. One of the biggest reasons for that is the impending ICD-10 transition. But some of it is also confusion over PQRS, or Medicare, or EHRs, or...

I know a lot of good people at state associations all over the country. And that’s how I know that the one thing they hate to tell their chiropractor/members is, “Sorry, we can’t help you with that.” Chiropractors, in general, are idealistic, community-minded, and...

Like most chiropractors, I love going to state association conventions and seminars to learn new things, catch up with old friends, and make valuable connections. You at the state association level know better than anybody that a rising tide lifts all boats, and that...

It’s spring when, it’s said, a young man’s fancy turns to love. Unless that man (or woman) is a chiropractor. In which case, their thoughts are more likely to be something like “AAAAHHH! It’s the second quarter of the year and I’m already behind!” Most of us,...

March, it’s said, comes in like a lion. This year, the OIG is giving all appearances of showing big teeth and claws, too. Yes, we’ve been hearing about more intense OIG scrutiny and intensifying audit efforts for some time now but the OIG’s recently published Work...

Valentine’s Day just passed, and this year, my heart is a little heavy. Between ICD-10 bearing down on us like a freight train, increasing OIG scrutiny, fear of audits and records requests, confusion about active vs maintenance treatment, and staggering amounts of...