Our Clinical Documentation Page is devoted to a full description of what is considered “complete” patient file documentation, as described by National Associations, Medicare, and Third Party Payors.
It is the intention of this section to inform our profession about the most efficient means of communicating patient information, as well as outlining what is considered an “adequate” presentation. (more…)
Until the late 90’s, chiropractic research was funded solely by our schools, and organizations like the FCER. Most of the studies funded by the Federal government after that time focused on low back pain, but chiropractic is much more than that. (more…)
Our Pediatrics Section contains a wide variety of materials pertaining to children’s health.
The Kids Need Chiropractic, Too! page contains many articles by the profession’s foremost pediatric specialists. (more…)
Although our “front page” is now a Blog, all our original Sections are still available on the left-hand ToolBar under Resources. They are all still updated frequently.
Many of these Sections have their own Search Tool built into them, so you can find what you want easily.
In fact, we also have a nifty Search Page which can look site-wide (via Google) or can explore each section individually. This will reduce the number of “hits” you get with any search, making it much easier to find what you want.
Do you know how to do a Boolean Search?? Enjoy!
Chiropractic services have been included in a spectrum of managed care programs since the early 90s. Because of their focus on cost savings, retrospective analyses are made periodically to compare the costs of management across the spectrum of providers. (more…)
How often has this happened in your practice? You submit an insurance claim, only to receive a denial, labeling the treatment or diagnostic testing you conducted as “observational” or “investigational.” It’s a response familiar to many doctors of chiropractic.
“This is happening so frequently now,” says Charles Herring, DC, president of the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER). “Someone representing the insurance company does a literature search and writes up a policy position stating that X is not a covered benefit, because it’s been determined from the literature [to be] an observational or investigational service.”
These documents, usually called “clinical policy bulletins,” mean that even before your claim can be considered, you have to come up with scientific literature to effectively counter the insurance company’s ruling.
That’s what our Research Section is for. It’s a vast collection of articles supporting the documented benefits of chiropractic care.
Would you like to read the rest of the Research and your Bottom Line article?