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November 2001 (Vol. 19, Issue 24)

Back Pain
The Association of Smoking and Low Back Pain

The 2001 ChiroMaster Award Winners
Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
What's Going on with "The Table"...
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC

Whiplash / Neck Pain
CAD Guidelines: We Have Them; Let's Use Them
Results of a Preliminary Practice Survey
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO; Michael Haneline, DC, MPH

Your Practice / Business
The Weakest Link
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Soft Tissue / Trigger Points
Weak Abdominals - Tight Lumbodorsal Fascia
Warren Hammer, MS, DC, DABCO

Chiropractic Techniques
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Abstracts for September, 2001 - Volume 24, Number 7
Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Something for Everyone: Over 10 Reasons Why We Should All be Part of the Nation's Second Largest Health Organization
Lisa Zaynab Killinger, DC; Cheryl Hawk, DC,PhD

Back Pain
The IDSIDS Procedure
Joseph D. Kurnik, DC

News / Profession
Nearly a Half Million in Chiropractor Donations Move Mountains of World Trade Center Rubble

Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Differential Diagnosis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

News / Profession
New York and New Jersey Courts Hand Down Key Rulings
Guarding Legality of Integrated Facilities
Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

News / Profession
Medical Students on CAM - 39 Percent Would Actively Dissuade Their Patients from Using Chiropractic
Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

Education & Seminars
If You Live Like a Doctor when You're a Student, You'll Live Like a Student when You're a Doctor!

Your Practice / Business
Occupational Health Care Testing

Chiropractic (General)
Manipulative Therapy: Just a Placebo?
John J. Triano, DC, PhD

News / Profession
House Approves Chiropractic Care to Veterans in All VA Medical Centers
Bill Allows Veterans to Choose DCs for Primary Care
Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

Your Practice / Business
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Chiropractic (General)
Chiropractic Raises $5500,000...for Others
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Trending
Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Diagnosing Radiculopathies Through History & Observation
Diagnosing Radiculopathies Through History & Observation

MRI is currently the gold standard for identifying radicular pathology, but unfortunately, it requires preauthorization, which isn’t easy to obtain. Physical tests are what most practitioners depend on – despite the marginal reliability of the tests. The information in this article brings history and observation to the forefront of radicular diagnostics. Each factor listed can significantly increase the clinician’s ability to diagnose radiculopathies.

K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
Billing / Fees / Insurance
Multiple-Procedure Claim Reductions?
Multiple-Procedure Claim Reductions?

With some plans – and it starts with Medicare (CMS) – there is a payment protocol called the multiple-procedure payment reduction (MPPR). This protocol means that if a health care provider performs multiple procedures during a single patient encounter, Medicare (and many commercial insurers) typically will pay “full price” for only the highest-valued procedure. The subsequent procedures will be reduced, as there is overlap.

Samuel A. Collins
Chronic / Acute Conditions
From Sciatica to Brain Tumor: A Life-Saving Diagnosis
From Sciatica to Brain Tumor: A Life-Saving Diagnosis

A 42-year-old male former patient arrives at your chiropractic office with excruciating low back pain that travels all the way down his right leg to his foot. A spinal surgeon previously recommended surgery to correct an MRI-confirmed disc herniation (sequestration) at L5, but the patient chose conservative chiropractic care. Although conservative treatment is effective for many lumbar disc herniations, the warning signs in this case call for escalation.

Ronald Feise, DC