The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is in the process of developing a new Medicare fee schedule. This fee schedule will be based on the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale developed by Dr. William Hsiao of Harvard University. (Be watching future issues of "DC" for a clearer understanding of this revised scale.) The same scale will be used for all health care physicians according to their work relative value units.
The resource costs of each health care physician category is to be defined by the total of three components or relative value units. These components are: overhead costs, malpractice costs, and work costs (work relative value units). The work relative value unit is defined as your income, less your overhead and malpractice expenses. Every health care physician specialty is being asked to provide the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with information regarding these three components in order to be included in the proposed new rule.
Charles R. Booth, the director of the Office of Payment Policy for the Bureau of Policy Development, HHS has asked the chiropractic profession to provide them with the information necessary to allow chiropractic to be included in this process. Dynamic Chiropractic has been chosen to distribute the necessary survey and collect the information.
THIS WILL AFFECT HOW YOU ARE PAID BY MEDICARE!!!
You became a chiropractor to serve people, not an insurance company. You deserve to run a business that aligns with your values, supports your family and lights you up. Cash-based care isn’t just a pricing model – it’s a philosophy rooted in freedom, trust and respect for your patients and for yourself. Here's why - and how - to do it.
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is expanding its doctor of chiropractic program to a satellite campus in Phoenix, Ariz., with a January 2026 date for the inaugural class of students to begin instruction. With the expansion, SCU takes an important step in filling a geographic void in chiropractic education in the West, according to the university.
At this very moment in history, the public is awakening. They’re questioning what they’ve been told about health – what they eat, how they think, how they manage stress, and what they’ve been prescribed. The recently released MAHA Report is a clarion call for transformation. As the public seeks answers beyond pills and procedures, chiropractic is poised to offer something more: whole-being care.