To My Fellow Chiropractors:
As we enter a new year, we are now a member of a profession with one victory after another in the courts. Having practiced more than 50 years, I have greater hope than ever for the mergence and acceptance of our great profession by the general public.
It has been my observation that by and large with few exceptions, the members of our profession have not fertilized the soil from whence came the crop. If I could have but one wish and have it come true for the new year, it would be that every chiropractor, every consulting firm, every supplier to the profession, etc., begin to contribute at least ten percent of their net profit back to the school, the research center, etc., which is their favorite.
It would be my wish that the newly formed Council of Chiropractic Consultants, which is to have its second meeting in Dallas in the early part of February, would take, among its projects, an effort to encourage, by example, all of their clients to contribute back and "fertilize the soil."
Just think what ten percent given back to the source would do from a mass amount of giving hands. Remember the hole you give through is the hole you receive through. Act today.
William M. Harris, D.C.
Roswell, Georgia
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
