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a variety of practice tools.
EMPLOYMENT
TOOLS
Required Employment Law Posters
In
operating their practices, doctors of chiropractic wear several
hats. In addition to the primary role facilitating the healing of
patients, chiropractic doctors are also business people and employers.
As those who have employees are aware, voluminous laws and regulations
govern the employment relationship. Among those rules is the requirement
to post at the practice up to 17 employment-related notices mandated
by a plethora of state and federal agencies. Failure to place these
notices can lead to fines of up to $10,000.
To
assist doctors who are chiropractic employers to meet their employment
posting obligations, CCA makes available all 17 employment law posters
required to be posted at each practice. All of the posters are offered
to CCA members at a significant discount from the retail price and
meet applicable state and federal law. The majority of the notices
are contained in the Space Saver 1 Poster, a space-saving 26” x
40” full color poster that can be placed horizontally or vertically.
All posters are laminated for protection against destruction and
environmental conditions and use fade-resistant ink for long wear.
They are also available in Spanish. From time-to-time laws are enacted
changing the language in the posters. When the language changes,
chiropractic doctors will be able to order a laminated replacement
poster that can be adhered over the existing notice for a cost savings
– doctors do not have to purchase all the posters again.
Click
here to obtain the CCA Federal and State Employment Law Posters
order form.You may also call 916-648-2727, to place
an order.
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
Save on Personal Home and Auto Insurance
CCA
is endorses a group personal lines automobile and home insurance
program brokered by the Warren G. Bender Company. Now, CCA members
can potentially expand their coverage and often reduce their premiums
for not only personal autos and homes, but also vacation homes,
rental properties, recreational vehicles, boats, golf carts and
more. A full-service brokerage founded in 1938, all coverages brokered
by the Warren G. Bender Company are underwritten by “A” or better
rated carriers. This CCA member exclusive and unique group auto
and home insurance program offers many extras:
With one
phone call, you'll receive a choice of over a dozen top-rated carriers,
such as Safeco, Travelers, Fireman's Fund, Kemper, Encompass, Unigard
and more. Bender does the shopping for you.
Most members will receive lower rates than they can find on their
own.
The programs
are designed to offer broad acceptability. They fit into
your needs; you don't have to fit into theirs. A program is available
for virtually every risk.
The coverages
offered are the most expansive found, covering everything from full
building code upgrades to identity theft to auto loan gap coverage
and more.
Bender proactively
alerts you to changes with the carriers and advises if there is
a better deal for you at renewal.
An insurance
carrier cannot, by law, be a counselor for you. If you call
them to ask about the effects of making a claim, they are required
to count the claim against you, even if you change your mind about
filing it. The insurance counselors at Bender are legally allowed
to educate you about the affect a claim will have on your policy
- giving you the choice whether to file it or not.
• Under the umbrella of
auto and home, Bender can assist you with all of your personal insurance
needs, including autos, homes, motorcycles, boats, jet skis, snowmobiles,
rental property, vacation homes, golf carts, earthquake, flood and
personal umbrellas.
Return
on Dues Investment: The following are actual quotes
from the CCA Group Personal Auto and Home Insurance Program brokered
by the Warren G. Bender Company:
Existing
automobile coverage: Coverage for a 2001 sedan and
2003 pickup with a $500 deductible for collision, $250 comprehensive,
$5,000 med pay coverage and $250,000/$500,000 liability coverage:
$2,600 annual premium.
CCA
Group Personal Auto and Home Insurance Program quote:
Same coverage as above: $1,450 annual premium, representing
a nearly 150 percent return on CCA annual dues investment.
Existing
home coverage: $320,000 structure, $32,000 other
structures, $160,000 personal items, $250,000 liability coverage:
$900 annual premium.
CCA
Group Personal Auto and Home Insurance Program quote:
Option 1 - Same coverage
as above: $830 annual premium.
Option 2 – Increase of
nearly double existing coverage: $1,080,000 to be used as
needed, i.e., $540,000 structure, $54,000 other structures, $320,000
personal items, $500,000 liability coverage; additional coverages
included are sewer backup, mold/fungi protection, full replacement
cost: $1,240 annual premium for nearly double the coverage.
Combined
auto and home coverage premiums quotes:
Existing
coverages for auto and home: $3,500
annual premium
CCA Group Personal Auto and Home Insurance
Program : Using Option 1 for home coverage: $2,280 combined annual
premium, representing a nearly 150 percent return on CCA annual
dues investment.
Using
Option 2 for home coverage: $2,690 combined annual premium, representing
a 95 percent return on CCA annual dues investment.
Contact
the Warren G. Bender Company toll-free at 877-978-8550 to obtain
a quote.
MARKETING
YOUR PRACTICE
Customized
Chiropractic-Specific Web Site for Your Practice
Rapidly
vanishing in these technology-driven days are your potential patients
running their fingers through the Yellow Pages seeking a doctor
of chiropractic or information on maximizing their health. Instead,
those fingers are now guiding a mouse in an Internet search for
those answers. Capture this fast growing Internet-driven business
through the CCA-endorsed chiropractic-specific Web site development
services of ChiroMatrix. Two Web site products are offered which
feature many extras, including:
$avings: Members can have
a fully customized, practice-specific Web site developed for $1,495,
a savings of $500 from the standard rate, or a semi-customized Web
site created for $595, a $100 savings.
Patient Communication and Referrals:
Keep in regular touch with your patients – and encourage regular
visits - with iNewsletter, an electronic communication promoting
chiropractic care and general health information. Your patients
can forward your practice's newsletter on to others, effectively
serving as a source of referrals.
Patient Appointment Reminders or that Special Touch: Cut
down on costly missed appointments with
professionally designed iCards, an appointment reminder feature
minus the costs of paper, stamps and labor.
Use this tool to take advantage of the little things that go a long
way in bolstering doctor-patient relations,
such as the sending of electronic birthday or holiday cards.
Appointment Scheduling:
Cut down on lost business opportunities through the use of iCalendar
for 24/7
online appointment scheduling.
Patient Forms:
Save your patients and your staff time by making available on your
Web site patient forms
and insurance verifications that can be completed before the patient
arrives for his or her appointment
(scheduled online).
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Patient and Public Education:
Take advantage of limitless opportunities to provide chiropractic
informational resources on preventive care, exercise, diet,
explanatory diagrams and illustrations, etc. The
Web site also features a 3-D spine simulator.
Under
this program, the doctor is the owner of the completed Web site
– no leasing, no renting. In addition to the above, for a slight
one-time investment, a doctor can feature products and supplements
available from the practice to anyone, anytime, anywhere through
iStore. ChiroMatrix also provides hosting services with up to 15
e-mail accounts for use by the doctor and his or her staff.
Return
on dues investment: Up to nearly a 60 percent return
on annual dues investment with $500 savings on Web site development,
plus untold new revenues from more frequent patient visits and referrals,
plus intangible returns on enhanced doctor-patient relations.
Begin
growing your practice now by contacting Jennifer Warner at ChiroMatrix,
800-398-3933, ext. 218 or by logging onto www.chiromatrix.com .
Be sure to
mention you are a CCA member!
PRACTICE/BUSINESS
OPERATIONS
CCA Discount Credit Card Processing Program
Thousands
of chiropractic doctors give away a portion of their profits every
month, and they don't realize it's happening. At last, a money-saving
credit card processing program designed specifically for CCA members
to help you retain those profits.
Chiropractic practices frequently
accept credit card payment to help increase cash flow, facilitate
supplemental product sales and cut the administrative costs of billing
and collection. But is this really a profit-buster? Credit card
companies charge businesses a “discount fee” for every payment made
by credit card. That means a fixed percentage – as much as 3 percent
– of every office charge, every nutritional supplement, every overdue
bill paid by credit card simply walks out your door into the bank
account of your credit card processing company.
The
CCA Credit Card Processing Program offered through exclusive arrangement
with NCMIC Finance Corporation, lets your practice retain more of
its profits. As a CCA member,
you are guaranteed acceptance!
The
program features these profit-boosting benefits:
Processing fee rates locked in at 1.69 percent for qualified MasterCard
and VISA transactions Lowering of your administrative costs for
billing and collections Hassle-free set up handled conveniently
over the phone. Free programming of current equipment Round-the-clock
service from card processing experts via NCMIC Finance Corporation's
toll-free hotline. Call now to
boost your bottom line at 800-396-7157, ext. 155.
Discounted
Cellular Phone Service
Cellular
telephones have become an almost indispensable tool in the professional
and personal lives of chiropractic doctors. To assist member doctors
in lowering their costs for convenient business tools, CCA has teamed
with Wireless Works to provide a guaranteed savings on cellular
phone services from the major cellular carriers. There are two from
which to choose to begin guaranteed savings on cellular phone bills:
Option
1: Use your existing cellular phone or purchase a phone from Wireless
Works
at
cost. Select a
calling plan that best meets your needs and save $10 a
month, or $120 a year, off
published
cellular
telephone service plans of $40 or
more offered by AT&T Wireless,
Cingular Wireless or
Verizon Wireless –
guaranteed! Receive one monthly
bill for all cellular phone services from
Wireless Works. No service
contract required.
Option 2: Obtain a free, high quality cellular telephone provided
by Wireless Works
Select the calling
plan
best suited to your needs and receive $5 a month, or
$60 annually, off published cellular telephone service plans
of $40 or more
offered by AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless or Verizon Wireless
– guaranteed!
Receive one
monthly bill from for all cellular phone services from Wireless
Works A service
contract
of up to two years may be necessary.
If
needed, technical assistance from Wireless Works' in-house technical
department is available six days a week, and customer service for
all other inquiries is available on the same basis. And remember,
you can switch cellular telephone service carriers without having
to change your cell number. There is no charge to keep your existing
number. Just imagine the savings in business cards, notices,
etc. by being able to use the carrier of your choice without having
to switch your cellular phone number.
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To
obtain more information or to sign up for this program, call 877-265-5100.
The
New Chiropractic Cash Practice Survival Guide: How to Successfully
Start-up or Convert Your Practice, by
David E. Abblett, DC, Terry Ann Abblett.
Loaded
with timely advice on how to start-up and run a successful cash
practice, this book includes guidelines and strategies that are
simple, practical, and proven effective. Members save 25 percent!
Click
here to obtain the order form.
You may also call 916-648-2727, ext. 0 to place an order.
WORKERS'
COMPENSATION
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ACOEM Guidelines at an Exclusive Discount
Since
March 2004, the ACOEM guidelines have been rebuttably presumed correct
in the treatment of injured worker patients. To assist members doctors
who treat injured workers, CCA has negotiated with the publisher
an exclusive discount for the ACOEM guidelines. Doctors treating
injured workers will want these newly released guidelines at their
fingertips for the following reasons:
Carriers
are using the ACOEM guidelines to deny care, citing the reference
either generally or a specific portion of a guideline. It is very
helpful to know exactly what it says so that you can refute the
care denial.
The guidelines
are about more than how many visits injured worker patients can
receive. They set out appropriate diagnostic pathways, criteria
necessary to consider a specific diagnosis, as well as various treatment
options. Use the wrong criteria and you may not get paid.
Failure to understand
what the guidelines indicate is reasonable is an almost certain
guarantee of not getting paid. To know in advance what is eligible
to be reimbursed, the book is needed.
You will need
to cite alternative literature to overcome some of the biases and
shortcomings of the guidelines, but you will be better served, and
more likely to prevail, if you can show where the guidelines are
dated, or incomplete or make faulty assumptions.
The
516-page manual is at the exclusive low price of $180, plus tax
and shipping, totaling $206.88. Click
here to obtain an ACOEM Guidelines order form.You
may also call 916-648-2727, ext. 0 to place an order.
CLINICAL
AIDS
Chiropractic,
Health Promotion, and Wellness, by
Meridel I. Gatterman, MA, DC, Med.
This 113-page
must-have resource provides easy-to-understand, practical information
on the ways doctors of chiropractic work as partners with individuals
in patient-centered atmospheres to improve wellness, including nutritional,
exercise and health behavior counseling. Members save 22 percent!
Click
here to obtain the order form.
You may also call 916-648-2727, ext. 0 to place an order.
Evidence-Based
Chiropractic Practice, by
Michael T. Haneline, DC, MPH.
Authored
by one of chiropractic's preeminent practitioners of evidence-based
protocols, this essential resource covers the procedures involved
in the practice of evidence-based chiropractic care, and provides
background information necessary for obtaining and interpreting
chiropractic evidence, as well as practical examples to assist with
implementation and understanding the content of research articles
to assist in rendering optimal patient care. Save 30 percent.
Click
here to obtain the order form.
You may also call 916-648-2727, ext. 0 to place an order.
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