I Think Our True Purpose Is Big Enough!

What should you be focused on? Should you be trying to fill every health care need there is? Or is maybe the one we truly have, totally overwhelming, as it is?

Please read this study sent to me by one of our coaches – Damian Smith. It spells out the NEED for chiropractic very well AND our purpose. We could not be any more critical to the health care world than we are! It spells out the need for our HTSY class to educate the public – this problem is HUGE and needs to be prevented and cared for immediately.

Read Slowly:

“Low back pain is something that almost all people experience at some point in their lives. It is something common across sexes, age groups, countries, socioeconomic groups, education levels and occupation,” said Damian Hoy, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland’s School of Population Health, in Australia.

“Back pain is the number one cause of lost work days in the U.S,” said Dr. Anders Cohen, Chief of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, in New York City.
Hoy and his colleagues reviewed 117 published studies that included information on low back pain prevalence. They also reviewed surveys done in 50 countries on back pain prevalence and severity. Compared to 291 other health conditions, the researchers found that low back pain causes more global disability than any other health problem studied.

The second study — done by researchers in Australia and the United States — looked at data from 187 countries from 1990 and 2010. Just over one-third of all work-related disability was related to low back pain, the study found.

“With aging and growing populations, low back pain is an enormous burden in developing countries,” lead author, Hoy said. “This is predicted to grow substantially over coming decades and will likely have an enormous impact on individual livelihoods, health care systems and economies.”

Both studies were published online on March 24 in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
When you add to this what we know – the many other diseases that are caused by this “enormous burden” and I have to ask and wonder, “Why are we searching for so many other things – advertising that we do so many other things? Creating so many other “services” and “cures” – isn’t this big enough? The world would truly be grateful if we would focus on solving THIS one. Then look at how many other solutions would happen . . . naturally!

With Integrity,

Keith Maule
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The Truth About ICD-10

While all others were striking fear in the hearts and minds of chiropractors all over the country about ICD-10 and the anticipation of tens of thousands of code changes – Integrity Management kept YOU on track with the TRUTH! We said all along: Don’t be afraid – don’t go running to seminars – don’t be buying all kinds of stuff – there is nothing to fear – it isn’t going to happen – they are not ready – it will have to be delayed – and if it isn’t delayed – we ALL get the information – it is not given to a chosen few – we will make sure you have what you need and will teach it in it’s true entirety – WHEN you need it – AND WE WILL! That isn’t what many associations and insurance seminars were saying. Guess who was right! Aren’t you glad you listened to us and saved yourself so much TIME – WORRY – FEAR – MONEY – LOSS of FOCUS all over something that wasn’t going to happen just like we said it wouldn’t?

Once again, we are ALWAYS looking out for you! Here is what you need to know NOW!

As anticipated, yesterday President Obama signed the “Patch Bill,” now known as the “Access to Medicare Act of 2014.” There are three items our Integrity doctors should be aware of that happened immediately upon his signature.

1. SGR reductions in Medicare payment are delayed until March 1, 2015
2. ICD-10 is delayed until October 1, 2015
3. There will be a nominal increase in Medicare physician reimbursement of 0.5% until December 31, 2014.

The bill was signed with only a limited comment from the White House, noting that this is the 17th extension of the 24% SGR reductions.