My gut estimate is that conventional medicine is appropriate for about 15 or 20 percent of the instances in which we're now using it. And I think if we restrict it to those instances, we wouldn't have an economic crises in health care. But doctors don't know anything else. Those are the tools they've been given.
-- Andrew Weil, MD
"People are interested in alternative therapies, but they won't necessarily share their curiosity with you. Letting your patients know you're open-minded about alternative options will encourage them to tell you what they're doing. You may, in fact, find that alternative therapies provide you with some extra tools. And you may also discover, as some physicians have, that life is just a bit more interesting."
Manual therapy: Hands on healing. Patient Care, Dec. 15, 1997.
"Public demand combined with managed care pressures appear to be creating a growing role for chiropractors in staff positions at medical groups."
Primary nonphysician? American Medical News, November 10, 1997.
"Congress created a monster when it passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in 1974. While the regulation of health insurance had historically been done at the state level, Congress preempted the rights of the states to regulate employee health benefits plans. Congress gave to itself the sole responsibility to establish protections for people enrolled in those plans. This is the environment that we have today."
-- Congressman Charlie Norwood, author of the PARCA bill.
Recent laws in New Jersey and California represent a disturbing trend that will negatively impact a practice’s ability to collect monies from patients, as well as expose them to significant penalties if the practice does not follow the mandatory guidelines to a T. Please be aware that a similar law may be coming to your state. The time to act is before the law is passed.
With estimates showing over 30 million Americans affected by peripheral neuropathy – and a significant portion underdiagnosed – it’s increasingly likely that chiropractors are already treating these patients. What’s missing is structured recognition, comprehensive management and targeted tools to slow progression, improve function and support systemic health.
Each year, ICD-10-CM is updated on Oct. 1. For 2026, there are 74,179 total codes, with 487 additions, 28 deletions and 38 revisions. Code changes are based on date of service, not the claim submission date. Services performed on/after Oct. 1 must use the new codes. While no changes affect the common spinal or extraspinal codes most frequently used by DCs, several updates may still affect your claims – particularly for comorbidities, referred pain, or trauma cases.
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