The requests for information on the Establishment of Guidelines for Chiropractic Quality Assurance and Standards of Practice (Mercy Conference Guidelines) have been non-stop. The response from the profession has been overwhelming. Everyone is asking, "When can I get a copy? How do I order one?"
Thanks to the generosity of several of the most prominent companies in the chiropractic profession, every chiropractor in the United States will receive a copy of this important document AT NO CHARGE. This will allow every chiropractor the opportunity to examine the recommendations, consider their applications, and present a written response.
The approximately 350 page guidelines document will be mailed to each chiropractor who is a NCMIC policy holder; a Foot Levelers client; an OUM Group policy holder; or receives Dynamic Chiropractic. The organizations who are donating the money to make this possible are:
NCMIC
Foot Levelers, Inc.
OUM Group
Leander Health Technologies
Activator Methods
Motion Palpation Institute
Society of Chiropractic Management Consultants
Synergy
Visual Odyssey
The copies are expected to be mailed in late May or early June. Please alert your staff.
[Please note that this article is provided on a historical basis. The Mercy Guidelines were distributed in June, 1992. Copies may be purchased by calling 1-800-359-2289]
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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