You may also register for a package of seven sessions recorded at the 2021 Engage conference, worth five CE credits, at a discount over registering for them individually.  

This 1-hour seminar by Dr. Kevin Sharp is designed to provide 2021 coding and documentation updates to doctors of chiropractic and their staff. An explanation of the new 2021 E&M coding changes along with examples of how each can be documented to improve efficiencies and add value to your patients’ clinical case will be provided. In addition, Dr. Sharp will review the most-commonly misunderstood and used time-based codes in chiropractic offices in an effort to improve documentation and billing for these therapeutic modalities. Lastly, he will review the importance of re-examinations in a chiropractic office and how these visits show outcomes and help establish medical necessity.

Learning Objective: Identify changes to coding and commonly misunderstood used time-based codes.

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:

• California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
• Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

Please note: This is a recording of a 2021 Engage conference session. Licensed Doctors of Chiropractic should not reuse this credit for licensure renewal if earned during the conference. 

You may also register for a package of seven sessions recorded at the 2021 Engage conference, worth five CE credits, at a discount over registering for them individually.  

The purpose of this program is to review different study types and explore the types of questions that they answer. The presentation will explore experimental designs, observational designs, reviews narrative, systematic and scoping. Issues of therapy, diagnosis, prognosis and harm will be looked an in light of randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies and systematic reviews. Important elements in each design necessary to critically appraise will be reviewed. The process of synthesizing evidence using a GRADE approach to develop guidelines will be discussed.

Learning Objective: Identify different types of research and to be able to do a basic critical appraisal.

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:

• California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
• Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

Please note: This is a recording of a 2021 Engage conference session. Licensed Doctors of Chiropractic should not reuse this credit for licensure renewal if earned during the conference. 

The central message of this presentation is that the individual chiropractor can be effective in communicating the benefits of chiropractic care.  This can be done at the level of promoting one’s own practice to the local healthcare community, or at the level of promoting the profession as a whole to healthcare decision makers. The type of engagement and the persons involved is entirely variable. It might range from having lunch with a local family practitioner, to meeting with a larger clinical group or hospital, to presenting to a local employer, or to testifying to a state legislative committee.

Learning Objectives: The doctor of chiropractic will be able to identify and use the tools necessary to engage with other members and decision makers within the healthcare community in a manner that will promote the visibility, credibility and value of the profession to the overall healthcare system.

Please note: This is a recording of a 2021 Engage conference session. Licensed Doctors of Chiropractic should not reuse this credit for licensure renewal if earned during the conference. 

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:

• California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
• Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

The relationship between doctors of chiropractic and Medicare is, well…complicated. On the one hand, Medicare pays doctors of chiropractic about a half-billion dollars per year. On the other hand, Medicare is consistently named as one of the biggest headaches for practicing DCs, with complicated rules and an extremely limited range of services covered. A major initiative of ACA is to expand Medicare coverage for chiropractors, a goal that is thwarted by the discouragingly high rate of errors DCs make when billing Medicare. One recent government report found that chiropractic services had the highest rate of “improper payments” among all outpatient services covered by Medicare. Understanding how to properly bill Medicare is an essential skill for chiropractors to assure compliance with Federal rules, as well as avoiding potentially expensive fines for Medicare miscoding. This session will provide an introduction to Medicare billing basics and advice on avoiding potentially costly pitfalls.

Learning objective: Recognize common mistakes when billing (or when not billing) Medicare, and know the action needed to correct them.

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:

• California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
• Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

Please note: This is a recording of a 2021 Engage conference session. Licensed Doctors of Chiropractic should not reuse this credit for licensure renewal if earned during the conference. 

Concussion has been a common topic in the media for the last few years and continues to present challenges to physicians, patients and patient athletes.  In the chiropractic office, we can treat the concussed patient and include nutrition and supplement recommendations.  There is also a wide variety of testing to evaluate damage to the immune system and neurological system, which can be treated successfully with the right information.  With a disruption of the blood brain barrier, infection is extremely common.  With inflammation, the stress of the injury or the stress prior to the injury can also affect outcomes and the duration of symptoms.  Looking at how the adrenals, gut function, neurotransmitters, basic nutrition and deficiencies can aid the chiropractic physician in instituting care beyond, yet including, musculoskeletal treatment in their office.  Simple recommendations can be implemented immediately after the history physical and diagnosis is rendered.

Learning Objectives:  

• Attendees will be able to recognize methods for more well rounded approach to a concussed patient. 
• They will have identify a greater number and variety of treatment considerations, especially if a patient does not get complete resolution of symptoms quickly.
• Since prevention may not always be practical, attendees will also be able to identify ways to keep patients healthier to decrease symptoms of first-time or sequential concussions.

Please note: This is a recording of a 2021 Engage conference session. Licensed Doctors of Chiropractic should not reuse this credit for licensure renewal if earned during the conference. 

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate: 

• California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
• Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

Practices that experience (or strive for) rapid financial stability often find that it can be challenging to balance the business’ needs with the needs of those of its patients.  The Great Game of Business is a management system that supports both financial growth and the sustainability of a strong company culture. In this session, participants will learn about the origin of open-book management and gain insight into how it can be implemented within their own practices. This presentation is ideal for participants who would like to learn more about implementing the business strategies of open-book management, transparency, and gamification in their practices. Participants will leave with a better understanding of the small changes they can make to better communicate business goals to employees in a way that is meaningful to them.

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to identify the fundamentals of Open Book Management outlined in the #1 bestseller, The Great Game of Business, and apply the knowledge of how to immediately begin implementing it into their own practices.

There are no CE credits associated with this course. 

Please note: This is a recording of a session from Engage 2021.

You may also register for a package of seven sessions recorded at the 2021 Engage conference, worth five CE credits, at a discount over registering for them individually. 

Today’s healthcare environment requires the constant balancing act of using the most up-to-date research, adherence to clinical guidelines, proper human resource management, assurance of financial strength and high-qualitative outcomes, along with ensuring superb patient experience measures.  On top of these demands comes the challenge of minimizing physician burnout. In a clinic setting where most of these “spinning plates” have to be managed by a small team, often led by the physician(s) themself, knowing where and when to focus is essential to long-term sustainability of the practice. This presentation is intended to lay a framework for appropriate management.  The systematization of appropriate management processes is required to keep all required aspects of practice in check, allow for an objective reflection on each aspect’s strengths and weaknesses, and ensure that changes are made to continue long into the future.

The attendee can expect to take home concepts to improve their patient care, their employees' satisfaction, and the patient's experience in their office, while maintaining financial sustainability for the future.

There are no CE credits for this session.

Please note: This is a recording of a session from the Engage 2021 conference.