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The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) just sent a polite, but firm, letter that objects to the new United Healthcare Chiropractic policy that is presently creating quite a stink in our profession. The letter was co-signed by State Association Presidents as well as other prominent political advocates for the chiropractic profession such as Jay Greenstein, DC of Clinical Compass, Don Cross, …
We’re honored to report that The Strategic Chiropractor blog was named one of the top chiropractic blogs on the planet by Feedspot (we currently ranked #4). Thanks to Feedspot and to you — our readers — for this recognition! Feedspot is a content reader for power users who want to save time by viewing all your favorite blogs in one place. To …
Of course, you may already know this (because you are reading our blog) but…we are excited to announce that The Strategic Chiropractor was named on of the best chiropractic blogs by Value Penguin, a free source for information and tools to help consumers and business owners make the best spending decisions. In the chiropractic setting, Value Penguin has reviewed many of the …
Much thanks to Chiropractic Economics magazine who named StrategicDC.com one of the top 5 “must follow” blogs in chiropractic in their recent article titled: Chiropreneurs – 5 Business & Marketing Blogs You Must Follow! We think the author nailed it when she said “[The Strategic Chiropractor website] comprises a breadth and depth pertinent to all contemporary chiropractic businesses.” Congrats also to …
As chiropractic business owners, the holidays are not always the best times for our bottom line. While we all enjoy a little rest and a break from the usual routine, missed days, missed appointments and scheduling nightmares threaten to put a damper on the holiday season for many. But with some proactive steps and a bit of planning it doesn’t …
Prior to having children, I naively thought that raising kids was a relatively simple undertaking. Like many armchair experts, I looked upon the situation from afar and concluded that childrearing was much easier than most folks were making it out to be. Keep them fed, clothed reasonably well-educated and entertained and you’ve got your job down. Simple. Then I actually …
There is one question that every chiropractor asks at least once during their chiropractic career. For some, the question gets posed at multiple times throughout the course of the life of their business. And for others, it’s a question that needs to be answered soon. The question is simply: how much is my chiropractic practice worth? Despite the commonness of …
According to Railroad Medicare (administered by Palmetto), 66% of chiropractic claims in the first quarter of 2015 (January-March) were incorrectly paid and Medicare wants its money back. Palmetto recently reviewed a sample of nearly 20,000 chiropractic claims which included only the CPT codes 98940 (Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment (CMT); Spinal, 1-2 regions) and 98941 (CMT: Spinal, 3-4 regions). Of the claims …
If we were completely honest with ourselves, most chiropractors would be forced to admit that the biggest obstacle in the way of practice success is…us. You’ve probably heard that while most consumers think they are making buying decisions based on logic, marketing research shows that we actually buy based on emotion. Unfortunately, I’ve observed that the vast majority of chiropractors are guilty …
In Part One of this article, we looked at a few medical necessity “traps” that are plaguing chiropractors. In other words, things NOT to do when attempting to document or meet criteria for medically necessary care. We also discussed that one of the challenges with mastering the maze of medical necessity is that the definitions may vary from payer …
