One of the biggest challenges doctors of chiropractic face when seeking employment or employing a chiropractor is finding the right fit and determining success. Our presentation aims to provide both employers and potential employees the tools to aid them in this process to create positive, long-lasting relationships.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify quality potential employment opportunities or employees 

2. Recognize “how the employment process works” 

3. Prepare for employment or taking on an employee

Much of the information available for Chiropractors about insurance compliance audits is presented by attorneys, billing or documentation specialists, state associations that may or may not have current data to share/various degrees of assistance, Chiropractic malpractice insurance carriers (who may offer legal defense coverage for DCs), or companies who are trying to sell DCs services related to documentation reviews.  In this webinar, Dr. Ellen Fitzenrider, DC will give a timeline for what happens in a typical audit, including the inital request for a review documentation for a number of patients for a specific time-frame, to how to prepare and deal with a typical audit, including what legal sources recommend before sending off your “big box of notes”, handling an audit call if your malpractice insurance carrier does not offer audit legal representation, and more.  Finally, Dr. Fitzenrider will discuss what happens if you happen to fail an audit, including how to prepare for and be proactive in the face of pre-payment review, getting access to your denials information, staying on top of responding before things get far behind, and supporting yourself and your staff though the process.  

Learning Objectives:  

After viewing this program, registrants will be able to

• Discuss the sequence of events in a typical audit.  
• Review the steps on how to prepare for an audit.  

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.

This presentation by Dr. Ellen Fitzenrider, DC will focus on ways chiropractors can properly implement compliant documentation into their practice.  These steps include transitioning patients to episodic care (Active vs. Maintenance), documenting to carrier guidelines and cutting out unneeded information from your notes, and other important aspects.  Dr. Fitzenrider will focus on making sure assessment tools, scores, deficiencies, and goals are in the notes, the importance of having updated macros which are being used properly, EHR retraining, and more.

Learning Objectives: 

After viewing this program, registrants will be able to:
1. Identify and understand where the deficiencies in their documentation.
2. Recognize how to "reframe" their mindset, from fear to INFORMED. And to make compliant documentation a priority from a place of empowerment, not panic.
3. Communicate more effectively with patients about their role in compliant care, and be clear about what 'medically necessary' care is.
4. Propose significant steps towards being confident in their documentation, and feel less overwhelmed as they continue on their evolving journey of compliance.

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.

Join Dr. Jonathan Michael Lesch, DC for a webinar which will examine the mechanical properties of spinal discs and how they are the predominant cause of pain in back and neck conditions.  Dr. Lesch will discuss how to definitively diagnose the source of back and neck problems through various tests and evidence-based guidelines.  He will then explore research which will help registrants better understand the mechanical functions and characteristics of a disc, including discussing issues like disc bulging, directional preference, obstruction to extension, and more.  Finally, Dr. Lesch will then identify specific treatment plans which can both assist chiropractors in their treatment and education of their patients, and aid in patient self-treatment. 

Learning Objectives:  

After viewing this webinar, registrants will be able to:

1. Definitively diagnose the source of neck and back pain with repetitive movement testing and sustained positions with the aid of multiple evidence-based baselines and guidelines. 
2. Provide patients with a specific treatment plan that emphasizes patient education and self-treatment. 
3. Recognize that most neck and lower back conditions are discogenic in nature and have the ability to be rapidly reversible through highly effective disc reducing exercises and mobilizations. 

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.

This presentation by Dr. Robert Silverman, DC will explore the commonalities between Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, and metabolic disorders. They can all be induced by systemic gut bacterial toxins.  The pathogens involved in gut dysbiosis possess inflammatory toxins such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and cytolethal distending toxins (CDT).  The release of these toxins in the gut opens intestinal tight junctions and degrades epithelial cells allowing for unfettered infiltration of LPS and CDT into the periphery.  Once in circulation, the inflammatory LPS and CDT can travel throughout the body, opening the blood-brain barrier, inflaming joint tissues, dysregulating the thyroid, and initiating insulin resistance.  This therapeutic opportunity applies to many of the patients seen each week.  Detection of systemic bacterial toxins can guide an appropriate gut-healing protocol.  Repairing and maintaining the intestinal barrier is a key component in combating many extra-intestinal disorders. 

Learning Objectives:  

After viewing this webinar, registrants will be able to:

• Assess triggers, barrier integrity, neuron regeneration, and neuronal degeneration 
• Discuss nutritional protocols for Alzheimer's and metabolic disorders and their common links 
• Explain the gut and brain axis for better management of autoimmune disorders 
• Identify modern lifestyles and environmental triggers that are affecting the gut-brain axis and contributing to the neuroautoimmune epidemic 

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.

Design thinking has been leveraged to create some of the most successful consumer products. Behavioral economics is being applied to leverage natural human behavior for creating healthier habits and better choices. The impact of design thinking and behavioral economics has been an emerging field of study specifically around the field of public health. This course by Dr. Isaac Borowiec, DC applies these cutting-edge behavioral sciences to the chiropractic practice so you can create active care plans that are sticky and work for each individual patient. In this lecture, we apply these concepts specifically to chronic lower back pain. 

Learning Objectives:

After viewing this course, registrants will be able to:

1. Explain and understand the basics of design thinking and its applications to clinical care.
2. Discuss and understand the basics of behavioral economics and its application to designing “sticky” or practical active care treatment plans.

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.

Our patients spend about 1/3 of their lives at work.  Their most valuable asset is their income.  When an injury or illness interferes with this facet of their lives, there is severe disruption in their lifestyle and ability to function normally.  Since work is such a valuable part of most of their lives, your role in assisting them in the return to work is one of the most important components of their lives at that time.  The goal of this presentation by Dr. Mark Williams is to help you to understand the therapeutic value of work, how you can navigate the disability and workers' compensation worlds and best assist your patient return to the highest level of function possible. 

Learning Objectives:  

After viewing this webinar, registrants will be able to:

1. Recognize the therapeutic value of work  

2. Identify common barriers doctors face in returning patients to work  

3. Assess risks associated with returning patients to work 

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.

This presentation by Dr. Michael John Megehee, DC focuses on significant practice opportunities for DCs.  Some of these opportunities require training and certification such as  performing physical exams for commercial drivers for which DCs have been paid $300,000,000 in the past 18 months.  Some services  only require completion of training such as DOT Alcohol and Drug testing which can be performed entirely by staff.  For some opportunities, training is optional, but advisable such as performing FAA BasicMed exams for private pilots.  Adding any of these services to your chiropractic practice will add revenue, a solid client base.  Learn how to become qualified to offer these services to a new client market.

Learning Objectives:  

After viewing this webinar, registrants will be able to:

1. Compare CDL Physical to any other DC opportunity 

2. Recognize, identify, and discuss public service with revenue opportunity 

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:
Missouri: Please view this list for the course approval number and category(s) for this course.

Join Dr. Marcus Nynas as he walks you through the basics of understanding insurance contracts.  Common items such as length of term versus an automatic renewal along with the pluses and minuses of each will be discussed.  In addition,  the terms for payment of a clean claim and the potential for this have important implications for the proposals of medical cost transparency legislation will be examined. Dr. Nynas will illustrate how to find the payment schedules, medical policies, appeals procedures, and other vital information contained in the contract.  He will also share where to find in the contract how to discontinue participating in the plan. 

This webinar is not for CE credit.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this webinar, the participant will be able to: 
1.       Understand basic principles of insurance contract              
2.       Find fee schedules in the contract              
3.       Find medical policy decisions 
4.       Identify common issues and how to respond to them

Prepare your practice for data-driven, value-based models of care that are demanded by today’s healthcare environment.  This course provides a framework for navigating the value-based healthcare environment through the delivery of episodic care.  Presented by Jennifer Rathmann, DC, and Lee Matthis, DC, this course explains the fundamentals of reimbursement under Medicare, which emphasize a crisis or episode.  This learning opportunity describes each phase of the episodic care treatment model (beginning, middle and end) and provides you the information you need to properly code and bill your services, document the clinical visit, and discuss the patient’s options with them in order to provide patient-centered care.  

Factors such as patient choice and increased out-of-pocket costs make it important for providers to offer the most effective and efficient care in order to attract patients to their practice.  By taking this course, you will gain insights into how to train your team to follow best practices for proper Medicare documentation and billing and how to measure your practice’s improvement in these areas using tools such as a scorecard. This course can help keep your practice competitive in today’s value-focused healthcare environment.  

Medicare Coding and Documentation Toolkit Part 1: An Episode of Care is the first course in a four-part series. The presenters will introduce you to several common definitions of concepts discussed throughout the series. It is recommended, though not required, that you take Part 1 prior to taking the remainder of the courses in the series.

You may register for each course individually or save 10% by registering for the bundle.  

Learn more about each course in the series below:  
• Part 2 – The Beginning of Care
• Part 3 – The Middle of Care 
• Part 4 – The End of Care

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.