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Chiropractic News
UnitedHealthcare reverses position on coverage of manipulative therapy for headache
American Chiropractic Association (ACA) President N. Ray Tuck, Jr., DC, released the following statement in response to UnitedHealthcare’s decision to withdraw a recent policy change that denied coverage of manipulative therapy for the treatment of headache: “The ACA has confirmed that UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has restored its policy in support of coverage for nondrug manipulative therapy for headache treatment. The original change, to deny coverage, was posted online in a revised policy document for manipulative therapy dated Aug. 1.”
Health News
Onsite health care initiatives help employees
What company wouldn’t want to reduce workplace injuries and absenteeism, decrease workers’ compensation costs, and boost employees’ engagement and morale? Meeting these goals is essential as Minnesota employers struggle to recruit and retain people in this ever-tightening job market. It turns out that offering employees health care and wellness services right at work is an effective way to accomplish all of these objectives, and then some.
Industry News
BAX-U celebrates impressive results of a study with Seattle City Light
Think Healthy, Inc., is celebrating the impressive results of a study conducted from May 14 through June 7, 2018, on 53 clerical workers at Seattle City Light, led by Ergonomist Keith Osborne, using the company’s BAX-U Posture Corrector. Seattle City Light is a public utility providing electrical power to Seattle and its surrounding areas. It has 1,872 employees.
School News
ChiroHealthUSA awards $25,000 chiropractic scholarship
Today at The National Convention and Expo, ChiroHealthUSA announced the recipient of the 2018 ChiroHealthUSA Foxworth Family Scholarship in honor of President Dr. Ray Foxworth’s parents, Drs. Betty Pace Mathews and Charles Vernon Mathews. This year’s recipient is Ms. Brooke Preston, a chiropractic student at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota.
