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OIG Says 47% of Chiropractic Medicare Claims Inappropriate
The objective of the report was stated as;
This report conveniently comes out in the heat of the national healthcare debate in Washington. The study was done by the OIG contracting with a medical review contractor to review medical records from a simple random sample of 188 chiropractic claims. Based upon this single reviewer's opinion, sampling only 188 claims, the OIG issued the report which includes the following, "In 2006, Medicare inappropriately paid $178 million (out of $466 million) for chiropractic claims for services that medical reviewers determined to be maintenance therapy ($157 million), miscoded ($11 million), or undocumented ($46 million). These claims represent 47 percent of all allowed chiropractic claims that met the study criteria. Claims representing $36 million had multiple errors." As if this was not bad enough, the OIG also said, "Efforts to stop payments for maintenance therapy have been largely ineffective." And they continue, "...83 percent of chiropractic claims failed to meet one or more of the documentation requirements." The question begs to be asked, are 83% of all chiropractors doing it wrong, or is the process so medically broken that only 17% of DCs can comply with a totally non-chiropractic system. Some day someone will figure out that THERE IS NO MEDICAL NECESSITY FOR CHIROPRACTIC. Can you imagine a system where the appropriateness of medical care was judged using the criteria of "Chiropractic Necessity"? |
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Philosophy on the Farm Ready To Rock!
This year's headliner is Dr Gary Walsemann. Dr. Walsemann is the new ICA President and was a high volume chiropractor for 40 years. Dr. Gary ran a huge family practice seeing over 200 people a day from 1968 to 2008. He was on the ICA Board from 1986 until his election as President in May. He was named "Chiropractor of the Year" by both the ICA and the New Hampshire Chiropractic Society in 2001. In 1988 he was named as a "Distinguished Fellow" of the ICA. Dr. Gary was a member of the New Hampshire Board of Examiners for 11 years and has been politically involved most of his professional career. He is a specific upper cervical practitioner who is one of the most sought after speakers in chiropractic. This is an outdoor event. This means you bring your own folding chairs, tables and bug spray. For a complete list of what you should bring, and how you should be prepared please visit the website created for this event at www.philosophyonthefarm.com. Those who are interested in attending are asked to email Dr. Braile at braile@braile.net so that a head count can be made. |
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Preventing Gardasil Vaccine Injuries & Deaths
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) has released a new video that exposes the dangers and misinformation surrounding Gardasil. Barbra Low Fisher, co-founder of the NVIC authored the video and the accompanying article which can be seen on the NVIC site here. The NVIC article states, "Gardasil vaccine was fast tracked to licensure by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006. It contains genetically engineered virus-like protein particles (VLPs) and aluminum, which affect immune function. The exact mechanism of protection is unknown and the vaccine has not been evaluated for the potential to cause cancer or be toxic to the genes." The NVIC is an organization that is solely funded by donors and sponsors. I urge all chiropractors to be a part of this important organization by becoming a sponsor. You can join and give to this effort on their website www.nvic.org, or directly on this page here. |
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