By Ronald A. Clifton, DC, Lebanon, OR
It could happen to you. Someday, you may open your mail to find a letter from your Medicare carrier, politely asking to review a few patient chart notes. In January 2007, I received that letter, and thus began my journey into the frightening world of a Medicare audit. Here [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
How I Survived a Medicare Audit
Reliability in Leg Length Research
By Robert Homonai, DC, Mount Pleasant, PA
Activator Methods uses the analysis of leg length inequality,
which tells the chiropractor where, when and when not to
adjust, as a crucial part of its technique.
The isolation tests that have been developed over the years are used to test particular joints. They are dependent on the leg length analysis in [...]
Activator Trigger Point Therapy
A randomized, controlled trial
by A. Blikstad and H. Gemmell in
Clinical Chiropractic, March 2008
OBJECTIVE
To determine the immediate effect of Activator trigger point therapy compared to myofascial band therapy and sham ultrasound on nonspecific neck pain, cervical lateral flexion and pain pressure threshold of upper trapezius trigger points.
SUBJECTS
Forty-five subjects, 18-55 years old, no statistically significant difference between [...]
Dr. Fuhr’s Frugal Guide to the Bay Area
February 2009
by Jonathan Heibert
After two and a half years in the Bay Area and several thousands in student debt, I have had to find some creative ways to save money but yet still enjoy the many sights and attractions in the Bay Area. I thought before I finish my education here at Life West I [...]