Communication Materials

Documenting Therapeutic Exercises This outline of therapeutic exercise verbiage is provided as a BASIC level of therapeutic exercise instruction to use when documenting the patient encounter.  If you are including billable therapeutic exercises…

Come Build with ME!

Build With Me One of the best parts of working with me  is that I AM DOING THE SAME THING to build and maintain my practice.  I am not talking about something that I did in the past or something that I THINK may work, this is how I keep…

Chiropractic VS Physical Therapy – what to say

Outcome Assessments – Population or Individual Based?

Chiropractic and the CNS – Proof

  The Science of Chiropractic A Look at the Mechanism of Healing   I have talked extensively about the importance of not just objectifying the chiropractic subluxation but also proving that we had an effect.  We know that there…

EHR and Time Management

Building an efficient infrastructure is a critical part of having a successful and profitable practice.  Once of the biggest TIME SUCKS is completing patient notes.  Most if not ALL EMRs are not designed for complex cases or significant volume…

Myelomalacia and Ligamentous Instability – when to order MRI

Clinical Consultation - Cord Compression with Myelomalacia  From: William J Owens Jr DC DAAMLP Today was a BUSY day!  Here is another patient that came in to the office and referred for MRI of the cervical spine post MVA.  AGAIN,…

3.5 to 12 mm Disc Herniation

Clinical Consultation From: William J Owens Jr DC DAAMLP The following series of MRIs was from a patient in our office.  The patient had responded VERY well to chiropractic care in the past, was referred to the surgeon for an evaluation…

Legal Audit – Good Idea

Recently I sat down with my healthcare lawyer to review all the Policies and Procedures (P&Ps) in my practice as well as the contracts I have with visiting providers.  We discussed employee agreements, documentation and business structures.  It…

Creating DEPTH in Staffing

The Importance of “Depth” in your Practice When we look at professional sports teams, there is ONE commonality that exists across the board that is a basic requirement particularly if they are successful.  That is DEPTH.  DEPTH in talented…