Articles for Providers
Not “If” but “When” – Preparing for Payer Audits
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • Audits are an important part of our health care system. They are a central tool in ensuring that providers remain diligent about billing properly, regardless...
Today’s Patients Want Convenience at Their Fingertips
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • According to the 2019 Healthcare Consumer Trends Report (NRC Health, 2019), the thing patients want more than any other is convenience, and the best way to...
Better Patient Communication: Best Practices for Every Practice
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • Working on communication with your patients is like striving to make a better pizza. You will never reach perfection, but you should never stop trying. The...
Avoidance in Practice – Is it Costing Us Money?
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • One of the great joys of being a doctor is waking up every morning and heading to the practice to help improve the quality of life for our patients. Like...
The Future of Chiropractic Needs You
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • Whether you're a multi-generation or first-generation chiropractor, chiropractic student, CA, or one of the thousands of non-chiropractic supporters...
Power of Podcasts: What Are You Listening To?
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • As of January 2021, there were over 43 million podcasts. To highlight the growth, Apple confirmed there were over 550,000 podcasts at WWDC 2018 in early...
Stark Rules Bring Clarity and Change in 2021
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule, "Modernizing...
Four Mistakes that Get in The Way of Practice Success
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • In chiropractic, we tend to sabotage ourselves despite our desire to be successful business owners and chiropractors. Often, we forget that we are regulated...
When Will I See You Again? The Future of In-Person Events
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • No matter where you stand on the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all felt the impact as more and more events transitioned to the virtual environment in 2020. With...
Ignorance is a Choice. Question Everything.
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • For decades I have subscribed to the wisdom of President Ronald Reagan, “Trust, but verify.” Unfortunately, not enough docs around the country are verifying...
Creating Waves of Change in Chiropractic: ChiroHealthUSA 2020 Scholarship
by Kristi Hudson, CPCO • Director of Business Relations, ChiroHealthUSA • It was 6:00 in the morning when I received the call from Reagan Foxworth Chappell and all I heard was sobs, and my heart nearly stopped. After composing herself,...
Harness the Power of Social Media to Promote Your Practice
by Ray Foxworth, D.C., FICC, MCS-P • President & Founder, ChiroHealthUSA • We have known for years that having a presence on social media was important. Little did we all know that in the wake of a pandemic, it would become...
Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $11,181? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $11,181 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.