When your patient says, "My hip hurts," where do you start? You won't be effective unless you know exactly what to address. The word hip is misused by both patients and practitioners. Hip can refer to the SI, lateral structures or groin.
Over the past couple of years, I have been somewhat surprised to see airport chiropractors providing care in very busy Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport terminals. Most recently, I investigated "The Chiroport," located across from the Delta Sky Club.
Ground-breaking legislation passed by the California Assembly and currently under review by the state Senate requires doctors to inform pain patients about the dangers of opioids and offer a referral to a nondrug provider before prescribing.
The Council on Chiropractic Education has placed Life University's DC degree program on probation effective May 20, 2019. In a public disclosure notice dated May 23, the council noted the reason for its action as "noncompliance concerns related to program completion rates," specifically CCE Policy 56:
There are modifiers that are appropriate for billing durable medical equipment (DME), and payers are increasingly not making payments unless the necessary modifiers are present.
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