Santolin Chiropactic ChiroHealth USA New Uninsured and Underinsured Medical Discount Program

Message Text:	I have recently joined the ChiroHealth medical discount program and am able to offer discounted fees to patients that are uninsured or underinsured for chiropractic care. If you or someone you know who is thinking about chiropractic care is interested, please call our office and Tammy or Lee can explain the program to you and/or send you information about the program. 815-744-4442 Santolin Chiropractic Website

Dr. Steven Santolin DC attends American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Council s national Sympsium

Dr. Santolin DC recently attended the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Council national symposium and received 14 hours of continuing education in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. This is part of his requirements for his diplomate status as a board certified chiropractic rehabilitation specialist.

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Most recent study showing chiropractic care less expensive than medical care for low back disorders

Here is the most recent of a long list of studies showing chiropractic care to be less expensive than medical care for low back disorders. This was a large study of Blue Cross of Tennessee cases over two years and showed 20-40% less cost for chiropractic care! Chiropractic care appears more expensive because it has a higher average of office visits, but medical care has much higher indirect costs such as testing including MRI's and CT's, drug costs, referrals to multiple specialists, referrals to physical therapy, higher hospitalization, and higher surgery rates.

Click below for the article abstract.

Cost of Care for Common Back Pain Conditions Initiated With Chiropractic Doctor vs Medical Doctor/Doctor of Osteopathy as First Physician: Experience of One Tennessee-Based General Health Insurer

Licensed Discount Medical Program

We are now members of an Illinois licensed discount program that gives discounted fees for uninsured or underinsured. Ask for details.

Details of program

santolinchiropractic.com
Joliet, Illinois
815-744-4442

Alternative Approaches to Low Back Pain Got back pain? Alternative therapies might help.

This is an article from WebMD that has a section on chiropractic care.

Alternative Approaches to Low Back Pain

Christine Goertz, D.C., Ph.D., appointed to Board of Governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

One of the provisions in the nation’s new health law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, authorizes the creation of an autonomous Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as a nonprofit corporation that is not “an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government.”

This agency should be very instrumental in helping our healthcare system to become more evidence based as much of our current system does not currently practice in an evidence based manner. This is especially true in the area of back disorders. Several studies have shown that the majority of medical physicians are not following current evidence based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of back disorders. This is probably contributing to the high cost of treatment of these type of disorders.

One of the goals of the new act is to encourage increased comparative research in which different treatments are evaluated against each other determine which are the best.

See article in chiroaccess.com

Illinois licensed discount program

We are members of an Illinois licensed discount program that gives discounted fees for uninsured or underinsured. Ask for details.

Details of program

santolinchiropractic.com
Joliet, Illinois
815-744-4442