ASHN

[Guest guest]

We've become increasingly frustrated with ASHN. They seem to tell us one thing

about patient benefits but never live up to it and they have lots of extra

forms. Anyone else share this frustration? We are getting close to dropping out.

If you prefer you can contact me on or off the list.

Sincerly,

Elliott Mantell DC

[Guest guest]

Dr. Elliot:

I think that you are way too advanced, intelligent, holistic and experienced as

a healer of human beings to be contracted with that organization. Why? Let's be

real, ASHN views you (and all of us) as "

mechanical-non-complicated-lowback-pain-mitigatng-spinal-manipulating-robot-tech\

nicians " . DCs are just a replaceable mindless commodity to them and so are the

patients for that matter. If you contract with them and you want to help people

in the most rational way possible, you will always be frustrated by their

robotic machinations(and so will the patient). ASHN is the Mcs of

chiropractic. Look, we DCs are not idiots, we understand there has to be a way

to reasonably control costs, etc. but ASHNs approach of

short-leash/micro-managed/fake-science-based-protocols is affront to any and all

but the most naive/inexperienced chiros out there. Yet, DCs keep signing up with

them?!?! " We have met the enemy, it is us " . On balance, ASHN has been a terribly

destructive force upon our profession, eroding quality, narrowing-scope,

limiting-authority, cheapening and dumbing -down the art and science of

chiropractic. I was with them for about 60 days about 8ish years ago so I have

first-hand experience. I joined out of a combo of : fear, ignorance and

patients-begging-me like most DCs do. That 60 days was long enough to learn what

a low-quality outfit they were, so I quit. I couldn't stand the goofy

requirements and non-science-based protocols from the start, but what put me

over the edge was when they refused to pay for care for 15 year old kid. I guess

they had a policy of no chiro care for people under 17 at that time, not sure if

they still do. My humble opinion. I guess I just don't like being treated as if

I am a crook and/or mentally-disabled.

If anyone ever invents a " chirobot " , ASHN will be the first to utilize it. ;-)

Good luck.

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> We've become increasingly frustrated with ASHN. They seem to tell us one

thing about patient benefits but never live up to it and they have lots of extra

forms. Anyone else share this frustration? We are getting close to dropping out.

If you prefer you can contact me on or off the list.

> Sincerly,

> Elliott Mantell DC

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