James Winterstein, DC, President, National University of Health Sciences

Dr. James Winterstein, president of National University of Health Sciences since 1986, graduated from then-National Chiropractic College in 1968. Among his varied professional accomplishments, he is a former president and board chair of the Council on Chiropractic Education, and a former president of the American Chiropractic College of Radiology.

Previous Articles

Best for the Profession or Best for the Public?
June 3, 2011 (Vol. 29, Issue 12)
Our Shrinking Chiropractic Practice Box
March 26, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 07)
To Tier or Not to Tier Chiropractic?
September 1, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 18)
The Strife Is Killing Us
May 6, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 10)
Philosophy for Chiropractors?
August 1, 1990 (Vol. 08, Issue 16)
Counterpoint
November 6, 1992 (Vol. 10, Issue 23)
Is the Chiropractic World Flat?
July 3, 1992 (Vol. 10, Issue 14)
Making the Best Better
February 12, 1993 (Vol. 11, Issue 04)
Patient-Based Practice
April 20, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 09)
Patient-Based Practice
April 20, 1998 (Vol. 16, Issue 09)
Chiropractors and Chiropractic Physicians
May 29, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 12)
A Response to Dr. Guy Riekeman's Keeping Chiropractic "Pure for the Future"
February 21, 2000 (Vol. 18, Issue 05)
Time to Get Real
November 5, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 23)
Broad-Scope and Proud of It
August 13, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 17)
Our Bullet-Riddled Feet
May 21, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 11)
Charmed by Rhetoric
April 9, 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 08)
Chiropractic Genocide?
June 16, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 13)
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News / Profession
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic
Corporate Medicine’s Attack on Chiropractic

The chiropractic profession is under a sophisticated and relentless assault from corporate medicine, so strategically executed that most don’t even recognize it happening. The campaign is powerful, calculated, and well-funded, demonstrated by its covert tactics and the millions being invested to carry it out. Corporate medicine's endgame wants only two things from chiropractic: all our patients and all our money – and it is getting it.

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Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Chronic / Acute Conditions
Chiropractic Management of a Recalled Cervical Disc Implant
Chiropractic Management of a Recalled Cervical Disc Implant

Over the past two decades, more than 18 million spinal surgeries have been performed in the United States, and cervical disc replacements represent a fair share of those. Device recalls due to design flaws can place patients in difficult clinical situations, especially those who are symptomatic and reluctant to undergo revision surgery. This case highlights the role of chiropractors in managing complex postsurgical patients, particularly those with recalled spinal implants. 

Ronald Feise, DC
Billing / Fees / Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Removing Prior Authorization for Chiropractic
UnitedHealthcare Removing Prior Authorization for Chiropractic

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of UnitedHealthcare, has announced sweeping changes to its prior-authorization (PA) requirements that will eliminate the requirement for chiropractic care and numerous other healthcare services by the end of 2026. Doctors of chiropractic, other providers and patients have long lamented prior authorization requirements because they can delay needed treatment, limit access and even cause some patients not to pursue care.

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