Kicking 2025 Off Right: A Letter From the ICS President
The Illinois Chiropractic Society empowers members with innovations like Statusfi and looks toward its 100th anniversary, introducing forward-thinking initiatives like AI integration.
Read MoreAuthor: Erin E. Ducat-Strauch, DC, CSCS, CCSP, DACRB, FACO
The Unique Role of Chiropractic in Promoting Natural Healing
The low-tech, high-touch approach to care makes chiropractic one of the most cost-effective and safe treatment options for many common patient complaints. However, chiropractic care’s “Natural First” approach can be at odds with the structure of health insurance coverage in the US, and the diversity of the profession can make it difficult for chiropractors to have a unified voice. Read the article to learn more!
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Choosing Your Career Path in Chiropractic: Being an Associate, Independent Contractor or Practice Owner
Before making a decision on how you want you to start your career, it’s important to fully understand the difference between the different paths available so you can make the best choice for your situation.
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Gaining Experience Before You Obtain Your License
In this article, we are going to describe the various ways you can gain experience within the chiropractic profession before you obtain your license as a chiropractic physician (DC). Strategically using these principles from the beginning of your chiropractic education will help you be ahead of many of your peers as you enter practice.
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How Do I Get Credentialed with Insurance Companies as a New Provider?
No matter whether you are an associate, independent contractor or have your own practice, one of the hurdles to getting paid for your services is becoming credentialed with insurance companies. Most new chiropractic physicians are shocked at the time it takes to accomplish this task. Some insurance carriers can complete credentialing within 30 days — others may take up to 180 days. Here are some tips to help you streamline the process:
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Increasing Patient Referrals to Your Practice
Some of the most successful practices in chiropractic thrive on patient referrals. They spend very little money on outside advertising and rarely do patient screenings. Instead, they are known as the go-to practice in the community. Developing a referral-based practice does not happen overnight, but there are some things that you can do to speed up the process.
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The Nuts and Bolts of Advertising for the Chiropractic Physician
Unlike most medical doctors, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals, chiropractic physicians are expected to not only to see patients and complete clinical tasks but also need to be actively involved in the process of growing their practice. At the same time, your budget for practice marketing may be slim — which requires you to do a lot of the work yourself.
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How to Increase Your Referrals from Medical Providers
Statistics consistently report that low back pain is one of the most common complaints mentioned during a patient’s visit with a primary care provider (PCP). Although chiropractic care is an effective treatment option for this condition, referring patients with back pain to your office may not be the first thing on that doctor’s mind.
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