Scope of practice. Currently, Medicare will only cover beneficiaries for 3 service codes from chiropractors. This leaves all diagnostics, imaging, therapy services, evaluations and extremity care as the beneficiary's responsibility. Or this forces a beneficiary to seek - ThreadSky

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Scope of practice. Currently, Medicare will only cover beneficiaries for 3 service codes from chiropractors. This leaves all diagnostics, imaging, therapy services, evaluations and extremity care as the beneficiary's responsibility. Or this forces a beneficiary to seek

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mpearl88.bsky.social•1 day ago

Out and additional care elsewhere. Here's a common word example: Your grandma comes into my office, she slipped, fell and hurt back on the ice this week. As a responsible provider I perform a full exam. Based on her medical history and trauma, I need imaging before

mpearl88.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can start treatment. Exam alone is over $100, and now I need X-rays which can add up. In order for Medicare to cover those X-rays, she has to go to her PCP, who will have to perform and additional exam, then refer her out for imaging. We're now, a week or two

mpearl88.bsky.social•1 day ago

From the initial injury. Your grandma is in pain. So in the meantime her PCP prescribes some muscle relaxers, steroids and maybe an opioid. If Medicare covers the exam and imaging in my office, that means Medicare is going to save money by not having your grandma bouncing

mpearl88.bsky.social•1 day ago

Between offices and more importantly she gets care sooner, avoids unneeded opioids and saves money

Urge to cosponsor and pass these bills. It's rare that there are measures that both sides of the aisle agree on. Last session, the previous version of the bill had over 150 cosponsors, and a pretty

mpearl88.bsky.social•1 day ago

Equal number of Republican and Democrat members in both houses.

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