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Medicare Part B’s advance beneficiary notice

Chiropractic Economics

Since the ABN form is mandatory only when the otherwise covered service may not be covered that visit, it simply means that it only applies to manual manipulation of the spine when it doesn’t meet Medicare’s definition of medical necessity. When the provider feels the care won’t meet that definition, the AT modifier should not be used.

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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy and disc herniations

Chiropractic Economics

Another reason we need plain film X-rays of patients is that we must evaluate sclerosis and integrity of the bony endplates. Up until now, no definitive tool could successfully restore vascularity to subchondral bone and endplate tissue. The science clearly shows that without a healthy endplate you cannot have a healthy disc.

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Empowering Women in Chiroprractic - April is Autism Awareness Month Now What?

League of Chiropractic Women

So that may be one of the premises why we see more boys and girls on the neurodevelopmental spectrum in general, but four to one definitely with autism, which is interesting because during the COVID pandemic, we also saw that when less women were affected and affected to a lesser severity than men. Do they maybe make some.

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Rethinking Chiropractic: Function > Structure

CLA

Shifting the narrative toward functional outcomes means focusing on how patients feel, move, and operate rather than simply on what their X-rays show. Take this practical approach into the clinic: Instead of using scans or X-rays to justify alignment correction, let’s focus on how we can improve the body’s functional performance.

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The Three T’s of Chiropractic: Trauma, Toxins, and Thoughts

CLA

The spine can be evaluated by the use of X Ray, postural assessments, ROM’s and motion palpation but the nervous system needs to be analyzed differently, by the use of sophisticated assessment technologies which determine a shift in tension and efficiency.

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The Science Behind Scanning the Nervous System 

CLA

By Dr. Christopher Kent In a previous column , I discussed the history and definition … Read More BY Dr. David Fletcher 3 MINS READ Supporting Research Vertebral Subluxation and the Nervous System By Dr. Christopher Kent, Esq. Implications of three new papers A growing body of literature is … Read More BY Dr.

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Neurological tone is the WHY of Chiropractic

CLA

X Rays confirm spinal misalignments while scans pinpoint neuro-functional distress. By Dr. Christopher Kent In a previous column , I discussed the history and definition … Read More BY Dr. David Fletcher 3 MINS READ Supporting Research Vertebral Subluxation and the Nervous System By Dr. Christopher Kent, Esq.