Chiropractic Economics

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The care you render to your patients requires precision. Your examination, manipulation and treatment plan require precision; however, precision in your diagnosis is often overlooked. The diagnosis you render reflects your knowledge, education and experience. An unspecified diagnosis lessens your reputation and your profession.

Diagnosis

Chiropractic Economics

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Although neurological disorders are at the core of what we treat, musculoskeletal disorders are much more common in our patient population. Medical decision-making (MDM) reflects complexity in establishing a diagnosis, assessing the status of a condition and/or selecting a management option. We are holistic doctors.

Diagnosis

CLA

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Non-invasive diagnostic tools like HRV scans , surface EMG , and thermal imaging give chiropractors the ability to measure nervous system health in real time without discomfort or downtime for patients. These technologies are transforming how chiropractors evaluate, treat, and engage with their patients.

Chiropractic

CLA

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Enhancing Communication : Providing visual, objective data that patients can easily understand. Practical Application : Chiropractors can use these scans to validate adjustments and monitor long-term patient progress. They provide visual proof of autonomic changes, which helps patients grasp the importance of consistent care.

Chiropractic Care

ChiroUp

MARCH 13, 2025

In the past year, a surge of high-quality research has clarified the most effective treatment for cervicogenic headache, giving chiropractors powerful, evidence-based tools to optimize patient outcomes. SNAG exercises offer patients a way to complement your care and actively participate in their recovery.

Headache

CLA

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

For patients struggling with fatigue, anxiety, or chronic health issues, this data is a game-changer. Lets dive into how HRV scans can help you transform patient outcomes and boost your practice. They guide care plans : By measuring resilience, you can tailor care plans to help patients improve their ability to adapt.

Patients

CLA

MARCH 11, 2025

How to Use sEMG Data in Your Practice sEMG data isnt just for diagnosticsits a powerful tool for engaging patients and guiding care. Heres how to use it: Baseline assessments : Start every new patient with an sEMG scan to document their current postural health. How often should sEMG scans be performed? Absolutely.

Posture

CLA

JANUARY 26, 2025

A proven foundation : This approach has helped millions of patients. Educate patients : Explain how nervous system health impacts overall function, not just pain relief. Track progress : Use follow-up scans to show patients how their nervous system is improving over time. “How do I explain this to patients?”

Chiropractic Care

CLA

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This nerve is the key player in keeping your patients calm, balanced, and functioning at their best. These tools give you the power to track your patients stress response, recovery, and overall nervous system health. Thats when patients are stuck in fight-or-flight mode, leading to anxiety, fatigue, and even chronic health issues.

Chiropractor

CLA

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

But heres the kicker: most patients have no idea how their nervous system is doing until something goes wrong. Its not just about helping patients feel betterits about showing them how their nervous system is performing. Its not just about helping patients feel betterits about showing them how their nervous system is performing.

Chiropractic

CLA

JANUARY 20, 2025

But lets be honesteven the simplest concepts need strong communication to truly connect with patients. These strategies arent just about adjusting spinestheyre about building trust, creating community, and showing patients that chiropractic care is a path to lifelong health. Thats because its invisible. What Is the CORESCORE?

Chiropractic Care

CLA

MARCH 13, 2025

But too often, the conversation with patients starts and ends with their pain. Because stress is the root cause of most dysfunctions in the body, and helping patients adapt to stress is the key to long-term health. Patients dont just want reliefthey want resilience. How do you explain stress adaptation to patients?

Chiropractor

Chiropractic Economics

MARCH 10, 2025

Information for the case report came from publicly available documents in the November 24, 2020, Appendix of Declarations and Evidence in Support of Plaintiffs Opposition to Defendants Motion for Summary Adjudication.5 14 Chiropractic researcher Sidney Rubinstein co-authored the IFOMPT document. In the well-known 2008 Cassidy, et al.,

Spine

CLA

MARCH 7, 2025

Patients come to chiropractors with problems they dont fully understand, hoping for solutions they can believe in. Its not just a buzzword; its the key to showing patients the why behind their care. Its not just a buzzword; its the key to showing patients the why behind their care. Lets face ittrust is everything.

Chiropractic Care

CLA

MARCH 4, 2025

Patients dont just want to feel betterthey want to know theyre getting better. It keeps patients engaged, improves outcomes, and sets your practice apart. When the nervous system isnt working well, patients feel the effects everywhere. But without objective data, its hard for patients to see the value of sticking with care.

Chiropractic Care

CLA

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Ready to help your patients go from good to great? Youre already helping patients feel better, … Read More BY Dr. David Fletcher 4 MINS READ Chiropractic Care Planning Why Chiropractors Should Focus on Stress Adaptation Over Symptom Management Lets call it what it isfocusing on symptoms is short-sighted.

Chiropractic Care

CLA

JANUARY 18, 2025

Chiropractic scanning equipment is becoming more advanced, more efficient, and more capable of providing accurate, real-time data to guide patient care. In 2025, theres a wave of innovations on the horizon that will revolutionize the way chiropractors assess and treat their patients.

Chiropractic

CLA

JANUARY 28, 2025

Not just in terms of patient numbers, but in the impact youre having on your patients lives. As a chiropractor, the goal isnt just to provide careits to show patients the true value of chiropractic adjustments. Heres why its a game-changer for your practice: Patient Education: Patients love seeing the technology in action.

Chiropractic

CLA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Thermal scanning gives chiropractors a way to look beyond structural abnormalities and focus on how the spine is impacting nervous system function, which can lead to better-targeted treatments and improved patient outcomes. Non-invasive and safe : Thermal scans are non-invasive, safe, and comfortable for patients of all ages.

Health

CLA

MARCH 2, 2025

At the heart of this shift are four essential Pillars , each designed to elevate patient understanding, engagement, and commitment to chiropractic. Chiropractors must help patients shift their focus from spinal symptoms to the neurological consequences of stress. The game-changer? A picture is worth a thousand words.

Chiropractic

CLA

MARCH 6, 2025

If youre running a family-based chiropractic practice, you already know the challengeskeeping patients engaged, educating parents, and managing a wide range of needs from newborns to grandparents. Heres what makes scaling difficult: Patient diversity : Every family member has different needs, from pediatric adjustments to senior care.

Chiropractor

Orthopedic Principles

MAY 3, 2025

Courtesy: NIcholas Strasser MD Vanderbilt Unviersity, Nashville, Tennessee, US Overview and Background Anterior tibial tendon ruptures are rare and not well documented. Typical patient: active male in 60s–70s, sometimes linked to sports like pickleball. Common patient remarks: “My foot slaps when I walk.” “I I trip over my foot.”

Hamstring

Chiropractic Economics

MAY 8, 2024

This article describes what maintenance care is and how it should be documented and coded in your practice. Continued treatment after a patient has reached maximum therapeutic improvement, resolution and/or stabilization of a condition would constitute maintenance-type care in nature.

Chiropractic

Chiropractic Economics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The devil is in the details of chiropractic documentation, and it’s painfully obvious when that’s missing. If it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen Most DCs aren’t deliberately and knowingly breaking the law. They make chiropractic documentation errors not with the cold intent to defraud, but from sheer ignorance or overwhelm.

Chiropractic

Genesis

JUNE 11, 2024

We are thrilled to announce the release of Flexnote Version 10, packed with more features designed to streamline your workflow and enhance your documentation experience. Here’s a closer look at what’s new: Flexnote Version 10 is all about making your practice more efficient and your documentation more accurate.

Diagnosis

Chiropractic Economics

OCTOBER 7, 2024

If you are importing the diagnosis list as an EHR feature, remember that we did not provide the full update list above. Unspecified codes are likely to result in rejections, denials or requests for additional documentation and should be avoided where possible. Lots of questions come in, so please be patient with the response time.

Doctor of Chiropractic

Chiropractic Economics

AUGUST 8, 2024

As reimbursement for chiropractic services changes, coding and billing play greater roles in ensuring accurate reimbursement for services and equipment provided to patients. Understanding DME DME encompasses many items that provide therapeutic benefits to patients with health conditions or illnesses.

Diagnosis

Chiropractic Economics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

When you establish the propriety of your treatment and the reasonableness of your fees from the outset, with plenty of support, you accomplish two important things: You can help the patient’s attorney defend your fees to the defense’s insurance adjuster or attorney. Coding and documentation And what about coding?

Adjustment

ChiroUp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Sometimes, there is one test that is pathognomonic with a diagnosis. By adhering to these guidelines, practitioners can confidently rule out fractures in patients who do not meet the criteria, assuring clinicians and patients alike. Related Muscles Examining all the soft tissues involved in a specific diagnosis is helpful.

Radiculopathy

Chiropractic Economics

AUGUST 30, 2024

2 Patients are already using cannabis products, and many know more about cannabinoids than their doctors. Understanding best practices in cannabinoid therapeutics is essential for patient safety and improved outcomes. In Florida for instance, there are nearly 900K medical marijuana patients exploring cannabinoid therapeutics.

Healthcare professional

ChiroTouch

JULY 22, 2024

The initial patient visit involves a comprehensive evaluation to create a tailored treatment plan, while subsequent visits focus on refining this plan based on the patient’s progress. The Importance of Detailed Documentation Accurate SOAP notes are key to improving patient care by building on previous treatments.

Lower Back Pain

ChiroUp

MARCH 15, 2024

The significance of a confirmed labral tear is debatable since this finding is present in more than half of asymptomatic middle-aged patients. (1) Chiropractors must understand how to manage patients with SLAP lesions, as the impact of a confirmed labral tear cannot be understated. 13,14) When should I refer a patient to surgery?

Chiropractic Treatment

ChiroTouch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

About CPT Code 99204: Initial Evaluation and Management of a New Patient, Comprehensive, Moderate Medical Decision-Making, Moderate to High Severity CPT code 99204 pertains to a comprehensive initial evaluation and management (E/M) service for new patients, requiring a moderately high level of complexity. Comprehensive examination.

Patients

ChiroTouch

JULY 19, 2024

Today’s chiropractors use an impressive array of chiropractic tools and equipment designed to enhance diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of a wide range of conditions. Chiropractic Tools Chiropractors use a variety of chiropractor tools to support patient care. Here are some of the most popular chiropractic tools.

X-ray

ChiroTouch

MARCH 1, 2024

About CPT Code 97022: Application of a Modality to 1 or More Areas; Whirlpool CPT code 97022 refers to an encounter where patients use a whirlpool. This code is often used by chiropractors to provide therapeutic treatment for patients experiencing musculoskeletal discomfort or injuries, most commonly swelling, muscle spasm, or pain.

Diagnosis

ChiroTouch

MARCH 15, 2024

It’s used to bill for the application of paraffin bath therapy as part of a patient’s treatment plan. The duration and frequency of paraffin bath therapy sessions may vary based on the patient’s condition and treatment goals. What Are the Billing Guidelines and Documentation Requirements Specific to This Code?

Muscle Strain

ChiroTouch

APRIL 5, 2024

It is commonly used by chiropractors as part of a comprehensive treatment plan to address musculoskeletal issues and promote patient wellness. When incorporating code 97026 into treatment plans, ensure that the therapy is medically necessary and aligns with the patient’s diagnosis and overall care objectives.

Musculoskeletal