The Coalition for Patient Choice, an alliance of Washington health care providers and patients, delivered boxes of signed petitions to the secretary of state's office in Olympia, Washington on January 3rd. The petitions represent the wishes of approximately 192,000 registered voters supporting Initiative 192, which would allow patients to choose their own doctor for their health care needs, and keep their current doctor when they change health care plans.
The initiative, "Shall every health insurance plan be required to cover the services of all licensed podiatrists, chiropractors, naturopaths, optometrists, pharmacists, physicians, and psychologists?" serves as a national model for patient choice legislation.
Petition organizers needed to collect a minimum of 181,667 valid signatures of registered Washington state voters to place a measure before the state legislature. DCs throughout the state volunteered hours of their time collecting signatures, even when the state was hit by heavy snow in November and again in late December, followed by rainstorms and flooding. "A committed group of chiropractors really took the lead in this effort," said Teresa Wippel, campaign coordinator. "Despite the holidays, despite the weather, they stood outside in the cold, rain, and snow to gather signatures."
Once the initiative is introduced in the legislature, lawmakers must pass it as written. If they fail to do so, the initiative automatically will be placed before voters on the November 1997 general election ballot.
Chiropractors Mike Hartle and Timothy Smykal provided sports chiropractic treatment to the athletes at the 1996 World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPF)'s World Championships in Chicago, Illinois. Their participation was made possible through the American Drug Free Powerlifting Association (ADFPA) of which Dr. Hartle is the chair of the Sports Medicine Committee. Over 150 athletes competed during the two-day event, with participants from such diverse locales as Wales, the Fiji Islands, England, Ireland, Russia, Poland, and many states within the U.S. According to Drs. Hartle and Smykal, many lifters were asked for chiropractic care and were eager to learn more about the benefits of continued chiropractic treatment. During the competition, Dr. Hartle also served as an international referee and a drug testing officer.
The New York State Board of Regents has approved a master's degree in clinical engineering offered by Touro College within its Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Services (IBMERS). The program is research-oriented, training health service providers in clinical engineering on the graduate level.
Dr. Gerry Leisman, associate dean of the School of Health Science at the Dix Hills, New York campus explained that IBMERS is a "technology-driven, highly productive, biomedical engineering 'think tank' with a critical mass of 34 interdisciplinary scientists/engineers who have worked together since 1986, for much of the time in chiropractic application."
The application areas include: quality assurance; equipment safety standards; forensic examination; management of the equipment; maintenance; positron emission tomography; biomechanics; medical imaging; equipment design; FDA regulatory affairs; clinical trials and beta site testing; government applications, including policy making for technology and product evaluation, and rehabilitation environments, including the individual design of orthotics/prosthetics.
For more information, please contact Ms. Nina Jacobs at (516) 673-3200 ext. 223.
Complete Wellness Centers, Inc., a company which develops multidisciplinary medical centers and furnishes support services to such facilities, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with an initial public offering. The public offering includes one million shares of common stock and one million redeemable common stock purchase warrants to purchase an additional one million shares of common stock. The price for the common stock is expected to be $6-8 per share, and the redeemable warrants $0.10 per share.
The chair and CEO of Complete Wellness Centers, Inc., former congressman C. Thomas McMillen, is also co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and a former NBA player. For more information call (202) 543-6800.
When sports chiropractors first appeared at the Olympic Games in the 1980s, it was alongside individual athletes who had experienced the benefits of chiropractic care in their training and recovery processes at home. Fast forward to Paris 2024, where chiropractic care was available in the polyclinic for all athletes, and the attitude has now evolved to recognize that “every athlete deserves access to sports chiropractic."
It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.
Some doctors thrive in a personality-based clinic and have a loyal following no matter what services or equipment they offer, but for most chiropractic offices who are trying to grow and expand, new equipment purchases help us stay relevant and continue to service our client base in the best, most up-to-date manner possible. So, regarding equipment purchasing: should you lease, get a bank loan, or pay cash?
