2012 Archives - Chiropractic Economics

The cleansing route to weight loss

Suhail Al-Sahli November 17, 2012

Offering a detox strategy can help your patients regain health and build your practice at the same time. A whooping seven out of 10 Americans are overweight. Excess fat is linked to many diseases including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. As a doctor, can you ignore these troubling trends? You shouldn’t — not if you have your patients’ best interests in mind. Patients who are desperate for a solution will try many weight-loss products and crash diets.

Lessons for the road ahead

Robert Adamich November 3, 2012

If you’re getting ready to graduate, then you have survived many intense years in chiropractic school. They are likely to be the most powerfully focused and awe-inspiring years of your life. You’ve surely learned more about the human body, what animates it, and what heals it from the inside out than you ever imagined before starting. But graduating, with everything you’ve learned in school, in the clinic, and for the national and state board exams, is only a beginning.

A new addition

Marc H. Sencer, MD February 24, 2012

Adding food allergy testing and treatment to your practice can bring it to a whole new level. ARE YOU LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR CLINICAL OUTCOMES? Would you also like to increase your patient load and bottom line? If so, consider adding food allergy treatment and testing to your practice. Of course, food allergy would not […]

Building patient relationships

Timothy J. Gay, DC February 13, 2012

Follow these four steps to build and strengthen the relationships within your practice. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR PATIENTS IS IMPORTANT for building relationships and a critical factor in retention and patient referrals. The following are four essential steps to developing a lasting and trusting relationship with your patients: 1. The consultation: This is the first […]

Ahead of the curve

Steven Aldrich February 8, 2012

Keeping current on ever-elusive tax codes that will affect you in 2012 makes good business sense. TODAY’S TRYING ECONOMY REQUIRES THE UTMOST VIGILANCE in attending to the business side of your practice. Increasingly complex and changing tax codes, as well as the ever-shifting political climate, are not making it any easier. Though it’s a bit […]

Factoring in finance

Ben Rutkevitz February 4, 2012

If cash flow is a recurring problem in your practice, consider this route to putting your accounts on an even keel. AS A MEDICAL PROVIDER, YOUR BIGGEST ASSET is your accounts receivable (A/R) — the payments you expect to get from the sources you bill. Cash payment is immediate, but rarely so when it […]

Two approaches to chiropractic

Tedd Koren January 20, 2012

The healthcare you provide reflects your philosophy of how healthcare is delivered. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU that there are only two chiropractic techniques? It might surprise you, as by most estimates there are nearly 100. In fact, there certainly are many named techniques or methods of locating and correcting subluxations. But […]

To bill or not to bill?

Chiropractic Economics January 20, 2012

Help your patients understand the benefits of paying for wellness care. IF YOU SPEND ANY AMOUNT OF TIME READING THE VARIOUS THREADS AND CONVERSATIONS ON FACEBOOK, LinkedIn, and other online chiropractic groups, you know that this profession has wide and varying opinions. Some feel strongly that chiropractic is a lifelong need, where wellness care is […]

The battle to ‘own’ nutrition

Peter Vantyle January 17, 2012

Chiropractors have an opportunity to become the go-to experts in dietary counseling and treatment. THERE’S A LAND GRAB TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE U.S., a no-holds-barred fight for that great American sprawl: waistlines out of control. Who, ultimately, will command the country’s multibillion-dollar nutrition industry is anyone’s guess. Like a military combatant, nutrition’s victor will […]

Reversing the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome

Chiropractic Economics January 17, 2012

Before you can treat patients suffering from this interlinked combination of disorders, you have to understand the underlying causes. METABOLIC SYNDROME (AKA SYNDROME X, OR METSYN), with its four hallmark symptoms of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia, is an increasing health risk for the U.S. population. In March 2005, the National Institutes of Health and […]