What do You See Chiropractic Looking Like in 10-15 Years? Will it Still be Alive and Well?

June 1 2005 Mark Sanna
What do You See Chiropractic Looking Like in 10-15 Years? Will it Still be Alive and Well?
June 1 2005 Mark Sanna

A careful examination of recent legisla­tion provides a profound insight on how health care will be delivered in the future and on how chiropractic will look in the decades ahead. The current level of un­employment in our nation is low to none. Practically the entire country is employed. Private insurance carriers no longer hold the purse strings of reimbursement. The era of the stranglehold of Managed Care on the treatment that patients receive is rapidly entering its twilight. With the adoption of new legislation, mandatory requirements will be placed upon indus­try to deliver health care, ergonomic train­ing and workplace safety, with steep fi­nancial penalties for noncompliance. Chiropractors who do not recognize this will, unfortunately, not be invited to the table to participate in this dramatic, sweeping trend. Those doctors who become proficient at delivering cost-effective care to our nation's workforce will be at the forefront of this trend. The mastery of active treat­ment protocols and objective documen­tation through computerized diagnostic testing and outcome assessment tools will directly affect chiropractors' ability to effectively function in the health care marketplace of tomorrow. The American Disabilities Act and Occupational Safety & Health Administration legislation com­bine in such a manner that the way in which chiropractors will deliver care in the future could virtually become man­dated. As a profession, chiropractors must act now to have their houses in order, so that, as these changes sweep across the na­tion in the months and years ahead, chi­ropractic will be positioned to capture the lion's share of this extremely valuable market! Dr. Mark Sauna is the CEO of Breaklhrough Coach- ing, LLC. a leading resource for personal coaching to chiropractic and multi-disciplinary practices throughout the country. He can he readied at Break­through Coaching. LLC, hv calling I-SOO-7-ADVICE.