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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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Big win for Michigan chiropractic patients as House bill advances

Chiropractic Economics

As it was introduced, the bills wording would have aligned its definition of a healthcare provider with that of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which limits DCs recognition as healthcare providers only to cases involving spinal subluxation confirmed by X-ray.

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A comprehensive guide to attaining spinal stability

Chiropractic Economics

Definition and clinical significance Spinal instability occurs when the stabilizing systems fail to maintain normal alignment and control under physiological loads. Imaging and diagnostic tools X-rays and MRIs can reveal structural abnormalities but should be used with clinical findings.

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Chiropractor vs Physical Therapist: Which One Is Right For You?

Oviedo Chiropractic

While it plays a major role in saving your life (and you should definitely be wearing it every time!), If your doctor is not taking the time to correctly diagnose the problem (through x-rays, for example) and explain how it is affecting your body, find someone who can. Ironically, in many cases, your seat belt is to blame.

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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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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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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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