85% of Americans will have back pain, and approximately $11 billion per year is spent on operations to relieve back pain.
Is back surgery a ‘BOOMING’ business?
85% of Americans will have back pain, and approximately $11 billion per year is spent on operations to relieve back pain.
Cigna Insurance states in their guidelines for chiropractic benefits, “The provider should attempt to integrate some form of active care as early as possible. Continued use of passive care modalities may lead to patient dependency and should be avoided.”
The first-level approach for non-complicated back pain to restore spinal biomechanics and muscle strength and flexibility should be an active chiropractic care plan incorporating exercise, and patient education of best practice approaches to back pain is key.
And remember, for any dates of service on or after October 1st, 2022 the new codes must be used and H. J. Ross Company has a list of the complete code updates.
There is a reason chiropractors have trusted H. J. Ross Company with their business for over 40 years.
