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Chiropractic Health Plan Benefits – A plus to Employee and Employer

chamblee chiropractic spends a great deal of time collecting data and articles on the health industry and health-related issues that are of interest to both men and women.  Dr. Adam Rechtman, a chiropractor in chamblee, uses the information to educate and consult with his patients. 

Employers who offer Chiropractic health plan benefits to their employees can realize significant reductions in employee utilization and overall treatment costs for back pain as compared to employers who do not offersuch coverage, according to a new study published in the October 2004 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. This is the first study to definitively link Chiropractic benefits to reductions in healthcare utilization and costs.

The study, sponsored by American Specialty Health in San Diego, concluded that employees with Chiropractic health plan coverage incurred a 41% reduction in hospitalizations for back pain compared to those without this coverage, and also incurred a 37% reduction in use of expensive CT/MRI scans.

The study resulted from a comparison of four years worth of data from 700,000 health plan members who had Chiropractic coverage to 1 million members without the same coverage.

One of the investigators in this study, Douglas Metz, D.C., stated that “our study shows that systematic access to managed Chiropractic care…can reduce key cost factors that drive up employer health costs in traditional caresettings.”

The president and CEO of American Specialty Health, George DeVries, added his comments: “This study demonstrates that Chiropractic coverage can be a powerful cost containment tool for employers and health plans that are struggling to keep the lid on escalating costs.”

For more information please contact Dr. Adam Rechtman who is chiropractor in atlanta can be reached at worldwidewellness@hotmail.com, or by calling 678-205-1219. He is currently practicing at 5251 peachtree industrial bvd.Chamblee,GA 30341 or www.chambleechiropractic.com

SOURCE:http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/ABSTRACTS/Chiropractic_Health_Plan_Benefits_Proven.shtml