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| No Connection Between Chronic Whiplash and Lawsuits |
| Author: E. Paul Giersch |
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| In the February 2001 issue of The Advocate, we reported on a study from Sweden, published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, which revealed that whiplash victims experienced a three-fold increased risk of neck and shoulder pain at seven years post injury.* |
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| Rebutting IME/ICE Opinion that Spinal Sprain Injuries Require only Four, Six, Eight, Twelve Weeks to Recover. |
| Author: Richard H. Adler |
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| All too often IME and ICE examiners abuse their role as independent examiners when offering opinions that cervical sprain/strain injuries require no more than 4 to 12 weeks of treatment. These statements, embedded in the IME/ICE report, are not supported by any citation to medical literature, but are couched as the insurance examiner’s opinion. These opinions, not well founded on medical studies, are then relied upon by insurers to deny treatment bills for those with traumatic injury. |
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| Medical Legal Aspect of Patient Compliance With Their Treatment Plan |
| Author: Richard H. Adler |
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| In Washington, one who is injured through the negligence or recklessness of another is entitled to certain rights, including reasonable and necessary health care treatment. The injured party, however, also has a duty to "mitigate" damages. "Mitigation of damages" means that the injured person must take "reasonable" steps to lessen or reduce one's damages or injuries; for example, to take the initiative to seek care and keep injury-related conditions from getting worse. The injured person must also follow through with the care that has been recommended by the treating doctor. |
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| Three Areas You Must Know About as an Injury Clinic Owner |
| Author: Jeffrey A Cronk, DC |
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| Understanding National Guidelines and a Best Practices Document |
| Author: Jeffrey A Cronk, DC |
| Today it is not enough just to be a good practitioner, as the problem that we face is that we have a great many differing groups trying to put forth different missions for different purposes. You have the insurance companies and their differing agendas, you have the groups that they contract with such as your friendly file and chiropractic review companies, you have Medicare, you have attorneys groups, some plaintiff some defense, and you have the Chiropractic Schools, every State Chiropractic Organization, the International Chiropractic Association, the American Chiropractic Association, World Federation of Chiropractic, World Chiropractic Alliance, you have State Licensing Boards, you have specialty groups such as the National Association of Chiropractic Medicine and Orthopractics to name a few. My point is that there are so many organizations all trying to put forth their own agenda and purposes that it can be overwhelming to the field practitioner to know what to rely on when he or she is spending the majority of their time trying to get unhealthy patients healthy. Being in private practice for seventeen years I know just how time consuming that can be, especially if you are also trying to raise a family. |
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| Washington Lawsuit Targets Mercy Guidelines Is This What CCGPP is About |
| Publisher: The Chiropractic Journal |
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| A lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the State of Washington has fired another volley in the legal war against the Mercy Guidelines. |
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| The A.M.A. vs. Wilk Case Summary |
| Provided by: Chiropractic Canada www.chiropracticcanada.com |
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| On August 27, 1987, Judge Susan Getzendanner, United States District Judge for the Northern District of IllinoisEastern Division, found the American Medical Association, The American College of Surgeons, and The AmericanCollege of Radiology, guilty of having conspired to destroy the profession of chiropractic in the United States.In a 101-page opinion, Judge Getzendanner ruled that the American Medical Association and its co-conspiratorshad violated the Sherman Antitrust Laws of the United States. Judge Getzendanner ruled that they had done thisby organizing a national boycott of doctors of chiropractic by medical physicians and hospitals using an ethics banon interprofessional cooperation. |
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| CCGPP How Could The Implementaion of This Document Get Any Worse |
| Author: Jeffrey A Cronk, DC |
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| First of all for those of you who do not understand yet what CCGPP is, CCGPP stands for The Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters. The Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP), was formed in 1995 at the behest of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) and with assistance from the American Chiropractic Association, Association of Chiropractic Colleges, Council on Chiropractic Education, Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Sciences, Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research, International Chiropractors Association, National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys and the National Institute for Chiropractic Research to create an equitable chiropractic practice document. |
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| Dormant Pre-existing Conditions Are Not Cause of The Current Injury Scenario |
| Author: Richard H. Adler |
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| The Washington courts have not addressed when an apportionment must be made between a traumatic person injury and preexisting condition since 1969. That changed when the Washington Supreme Court decided the Harris v. Drake case in October 2004. Bradley Harris was injured in a motor vehicle collision with Doris Drake. Mr. Harris suffered back and shoulder injuries that ultimately necessitated arthoscopic shoulder surgery. When attempts by Harris' attorney to settle the matter failed, a lawsuit was filed and Ms. Drake's insurance company hired an attorney for her. Ms. Drake's attorney claimed that Mr. Harris' shoulder injury was related to a "preexisting condition" not the accident because: |
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