Archive for the ‘cost effectiveness’ category
December 31, 2010
[originally published in KCN, January 2011]
Having just celebrated the first anniversary of my internet radio show, Spinal Column Radio, I have a heightened awareness and interest in other health radio programs — especially when another professional makes a positive reference to chiropractic. So you’ll understand when I tuned my ear to Dr. Ronald Hoffman’s long-standing, nationally-syndicated, medical broadcast, “Health Talk,” as he “saluted his chiropractic colleagues” in a recent live show. (more…)
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Categories: cost effectiveness, health care reform, healthy living, low back pain
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Health Talk, Kingston, Kitsap, low back pain, lower back pain, medical radio, podcast, Ronald Hoffman MD, Spinal Column Radio
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October 9, 2009
[originally published in KCN, June 2000]
We have many rights in this great land of ours: the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to vote are a few that come to mind; and starting next year, Washingtonians will have a brand new right that’s sure to deepen their constitutional pride — the right to direct chiropractic access. No longer will patients be faced with the obstacle that some managed-care insurance companies have placed in their way, which require them to obtain a referral from their primary doctor before seeing a chiropractor. This new “right” falls under the Patient Bill of Rights that was recently written into law in our Evergreen State a few months ago and is set to take effect on all insurance plans regulated by our state “entered into or renewing after June 30, 2001.” (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic history, cost effectiveness, finances, legislation
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, Washington State Healthcare Legislation
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September 4, 2009
[originally published in KCN, Arpil 2000]
Wow, chiropractic sure helped you out last year! It helped you overcome and manage that crippling back pain you’d been battling for years. It did wonders for your spouse’s chronic headaches, not to mention how it set things straight when your daughter took a tumble off the jungle gym. Oh, and let’s not forget, how it soothed your newborn’s cringing bout of colic. With such a great track record for ‘99, do you think it can offer any relief for that pain that’s persistently been getting worse since the year ended? You know, the one that has April 15th written all over it.
While there’s something to be said about how chiropractic can help relieve the negative effects that this stressful time of the year can have on our bodies, the kind of relief that I am suggesting is more along the lines of “tax relief.”
“What!?” you say. “I can deduct chiropractic care on my taxes??” The answer, I’m excited to say, is “Yes.” — BUT (there’s always one of those) whether or not it will actually count as a bona fide deduction for your situation depends on some important factors. (more…)
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Categories: cost effectiveness, finances
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, health care costs, health care deduction, Kingston, Kitsap, taxes
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August 1, 2009
[originally published in GKCCC Newsletter, May 2009, and then in KCN, August 2009]
Ironically, the biggest driver of costs associated with work injury claims often is not the actual health care rendered to the injured worker, but rather the amount of time-loss wages paid to the worker themselves. And, for us employers, this usually translates to the ever-dreaded premium hike. So what’s a cash-strapped employer to do when one of his workers is stricken with a debilitating work injury?
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Categories: chronic, cost effectiveness, finances, low back pain, occupational injury, Spinal Column on the Job
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, back pain, chiropractic, chiropractic cost effectiveness, chiropractor, cost effective health care, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, L&I, Labor and Industries, low back pain, lower back pain, occupational injuries, occupational injury, work comp, workers compensations
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June 26, 2009
[originally published in GKCCC Newsletter, April 2009 and then in the July 2009 KCN]
Described as the “nemesis of medicine and the albatross of industry,” it’s no wonder that countries across our globe seek to tame the ugly woes of good ol’ fashioned back pain. Statisticians tell us that 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point in their lives and of this about 35% will be work-related.
Recently, I ran across a very interesting research article published about a decade ago from “Down Under” in the Australasian Chiropractic and Osteopathy journal that investigated an intriguing way of facing this so called “albatross” —an albatross that costs them an estimated $8 billion annually in disability and lost production. (more…)
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Categories: cost effectiveness, education, low back pain, occupational injury, Spinal Column on the Job
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, back class, back education, back pain, back safety, back trainning, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, L&I, Labor & Industry, occupational injuries, occupational injury, spinal care class, work comp, workers compensation
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March 16, 2009
[originally published in KCN, August 1998]
Our neighbors to the north have recently been shown a way to save millions, if not billions, of dollars each year on their health care, thanks to a comprehensive report presented earlier this year by Canadian health economist Pran Manga, PhD.
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Categories: chiropractic 101, cost effectiveness, finances
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, Canadian health care costs, chiropractic, chiropractic cost effectiveness, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, health care costs, Kingston, Kitsap
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