Re: Urgent Email to the Oregon Health Policy Board - Not to Discriminate Against Chiropractors in the CCOs!!

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Here's a simple sample (below) that works for docs and patients that can be cut-and-pasted, and emailed with name and address of senders added at the bottom. Please use as able. Sears, DC, IAYT1218 NW 21st AvePortland, Oregon 97209v: 503-225-0255f: 503-525-6902www.docbones.comTo whom it may concern:I am a strong advocate for utilizing Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) providers in every proposed CCO in the state of Oregon. My personal health care has involved Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Acupuncturists, Licensed Message Therapists, Yoga Therapists, and Meditation. I've learned that a conservative, non-drug approach to health, with an emphasis on preventive wellness, that works with the body to strengthen it's natural capacities for self-healing, is a powerful, and finally superior method of health care for me and my family.I strongly urge you to include CAM providers in any new organization of health care delivery in Oregon. Their services are utilized by many Oregonians, and their protocols are considerably more economical than medical care alone. Any changes in health care delivery without CAM providers will have missed a huge opportunity for serving the state and it's people.Thank you for your considerations.(name):(address):On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:51 AM, vsaboe wrote: Dear colleagues here is some more “ammo” to use and for your patients to use as per the medical model of healthcare with its over-reliance on drugs, drugs, and more drugs. Please have your patients as well as yourselves use these as examples of comments to submit to the Oregon Health Policy Board here is the email address again to send your comments, btw I’d like to see your suggestions. Send comments to, OHPB.Info@... · If we are going to change how we deliver healthcare and not just how we pay for it we must include alterative health care providers and their natural interventions, natural as in without the use of drugs. In 2009 three years ago there 3.6 billion prescription purchases, that’s “B” for billion! Which was a 71% increase since 1994 and since that number was three years ago the number of prescription purchases has likely increased. There are so many natural remedies that work and so many drugs that don’t we please do not allow the coming “coordinated care organizations” to discriminate against chiropractors, naturopaths, acupuncturists…. · Please do not allow Oregon’s coming CCOs to discriminate against doctors of chiropractic. My chiropractor was the only one that found my true problem and helped me. I had been given pain medications by me doctor which made me feel awful so I immediately stop taking them. I then went through several months of physical therapy which didn’t help, finally out of desperation I tried my friend’s chiropractor who found the problem fixed me. · We have become a nation of “pill poppers” medical doctors only know how to diagnosis and prescribe drugs. The coming “Coordinated Care Organizations” cannot be allowed to discriminate against the natural healers like chiropractors, naturopaths, massage therapists. · We talk about improving the health of Oregonians, reducing costs of healthcare, improving consumer satisfaction and safety yet all medical doctors know to give are medications which have many and sometimes serious side effects. It has been said that there are roughly 1 million ER visits each year in the US due to these side effects and ERs are not cheap. If we are to change this chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists, naturopaths must be fully included in Oregon healthcare reform the “Coordinated Care Organizations” must not be allowed to discriminate against these healers Oregonians must have equal access to these folks.” · Why is it that the Oregon Health Plan will pay for pain medications including narcotics but won’t pay for my chiropractor? I don’t like taking these drugs especially the narcotic because I feel very out of sorts and non-productive but I’m forced to, please make sure these CCOs must include chiropractors. · The medical model of healthcare is a disaster according to national statistics roughly 200,000 Americans die each year due to either drug side effects or doctors giving the wrong drug, wrong strength, or wrong combination of drugs. I’ve done the math that is equal to a Boeing 747-400 with 545 passengers on board crashing EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A YEAR! I’m looking at a Sept. 17, 2011 Los Angeles Times article that says deaths in this county due to prescription drugs now outnumber deaths due to car accidents! If we are going to change this horrible situation Oregon’s coming “Coordinated Care Organizations” must not be allow to discriminate against natural drug-free professions such as chiropractors, naturopaths, acupuncturists, massage therapists, holistic nutritionists, herbalists, etc., etc. · We have a huge primary care provider shortage here in Oregon and it is going to get even worse when Oregon’s universal health care comes online in 2014. Chiropractic and naturopathic physicians who wish to practice at the top of their licenses can help and have the clinical skills to act as first contact portal of entry physician types and help reduce the primary care provider shortage. As a consequence the “coordinated care organizations” must include these providers in their networks.

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I think it's important we add in the NON-DISCRIMINATION wording that Vern gave us. If not, they may include us but only with an MD referral. That's what the MDs want....they want control over who gets what tx and how many treatments and they probably will want to tell us what area to adjust. We need our patients to ask that they can see us WITHOUT a referral from anyone.

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On Dec 22, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Sears wrote:

Here's a simple sample (below) that works for docs and patients that can be cut-and-pasted, and emailed with name and address of senders added at the bottom. Please use as able. Sears, DC, IAYT1218 NW 21st AvePortland, Oregon 97209v: 503-225-0255f: 503-525-6902www.docbones.comTo whom it may concern:I am a strong advocate for utilizing Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) providers in every proposed CCO in the state of Oregon. My personal health care has involved Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Acupuncturists, Licensed Message Therapists, Yoga Therapists, and Meditation. I've learned that a conservative, non-drug approach to health, with an emphasis on preventive wellness, that works with the body to strengthen it's natural capacities for self-healing, is a powerful, and finally superior method of health care for me and my family.I strongly urge you to include CAM providers in any new organization of health care delivery in Oregon. Their services are utilized by many Oregonians, and their protocols are considerably more economical than medical care alone. Any changes in health care delivery without CAM providers will have missed a huge opportunity for serving the state and it's people.Thank you for your considerations.(name):(address):On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:51 AM, vsaboe wrote: Dear colleagues here is some more “ammo” to use and for your patients to use as per the medical model of healthcare with its over-reliance on drugs, drugs, and more drugs. Please have your patients as well as yourselves use these as examples of comments to submit to the Oregon Health Policy Board here is the email address again to send your comments, btw I’d like to see your suggestions. Send comments to, OHPB.Info@... · If we are going to change how we deliver healthcare and not just how we pay for it we must include alterative health care providers and their natural interventions, natural as in without the use of drugs. In 2009 three years ago there 3.6 billion prescription purchases, that’s “B” for billion! Which was a 71% increase since 1994 and since that number was three years ago the number of prescription purchases has likely increased. There are so many natural remedies that work and so many drugs that don’t we please do not allow the coming “coordinated care organizations” to discriminate against chiropractors, naturopaths, acupuncturists…. · Please do not allow Oregon’s coming CCOs to discriminate against doctors of chiropractic. My chiropractor was the only one that found my true problem and helped me. I had been given pain medications by me doctor which made me feel awful so I immediately stop taking them. I then went through several months of physical therapy which didn’t help, finally out of desperation I tried my friend’s chiropractor who found the problem fixed me. · We have become a nation of “pill poppers” medical doctors only know how to diagnosis and prescribe drugs. The coming “Coordinated Care Organizations” cannot be allowed to discriminate against the natural healers like chiropractors, naturopaths, massage therapists. · We talk about improving the health of Oregonians, reducing costs of healthcare, improving consumer satisfaction and safety yet all medical doctors know to give are medications which have many and sometimes serious side effects. It has been said that there are roughly 1 million ER visits each year in the US due to these side effects and ERs are not cheap. If we are to change this chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists, naturopaths must be fully included in Oregon healthcare reform the “Coordinated Care Organizations” must not be allowed to discriminate against these healers Oregonians must have equal access to these folks.” · Why is it that the Oregon Health Plan will pay for pain medications including narcotics but won’t pay for my chiropractor? I don’t like taking these drugs especially the narcotic because I feel very out of sorts and non-productive but I’m forced to, please make sure these CCOs must include chiropractors. · The medical model of healthcare is a disaster according to national statistics roughly 200,000 Americans die each year due to either drug side effects or doctors giving the wrong drug, wrong strength, or wrong combination of drugs. I’ve done the math that is equal to a Boeing 747-400 with 545 passengers on board crashing EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A YEAR! I’m looking at a Sept. 17, 2011 Los Angeles Times article that says deaths in this county due to prescription drugs now outnumber deaths due to car accidents! If we are going to change this horrible situation Oregon’s coming “Coordinated Care Organizations” must not be allow to discriminate against natural drug-free professions such as chiropractors, naturopaths, acupuncturists, massage therapists, holistic nutritionists, herbalists, etc., etc. · We have a huge primary care provider shortage here in Oregon and it is going to get even worse when Oregon’s universal health care comes online in 2014. Chiropractic and naturopathic physicians who wish to practice at the top of their licenses can help and have the clinical skills to act as first contact portal of entry physician types and help reduce the primary care provider shortage. As a consequence the “coordinated care organizations” must include these providers in their networks.