Yes, we routinely submit insurance claims for our patients. While many insurance companies offer complete chiropractic coverage, some offer only partial coverage or no benefits at all. Our office accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim, G.I.C., Allways, Veterans Choice, and Medicare. Additionally, we handle worker’s compensation, personal injury. Cash rates are discounted to $170 for the initial evaluation and treatment and $70 for follow up appointments. Re-evaluation appointments are needed for patients who have not been to our office for over 18 months. Our office can help verify your health care/chiropractic benefit but we strongly urge you to call your own insurance to verify coverage due to the wide variety of plans.

Its easy! If you have out of network chiropractic benefits with your health plan all you have to do is pay our cash rate up front (we accept cash, check, credit cards, and Health/Flex Spending Accounts) and we will give your a detailed receipt with the charges and billing codes. After that, you can get reimbursed directly from your health insurance company.

This is a difficult question to answer for any medical professional given that patients are not all the same. The main factors that determine how much care is necessary are the individual’s ability to recover, the treatment goals (symptom reduction, functional restoration, or prevention of further relapses), age, severity of the condition, chronicity of the condition, and adherance to the treatment plan & frequency. Once a patient's primary complaint is resolved and proper movement and function are returned, exercises are given to maintain functional and structural integrity. Patients that maintain physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle require very infrequent care unless they re-injure themselves. However, some patients have significant degenerative changes or past traumas that have resulted in permanent changes. These patients may require ongoing management. That being said, it is not unusual to feel significant relief after the first visit, good improvement after 4-6 visits and a return to their previous level of health and function within 8-12 visits. Those who elect to continue care on an infrequent basis and adopt healthier lifestyles suffer far less reinjury.

X-rays are necessary if the history and examination findings indicate that it is medically necessary (trauma, anomaly, bone disease, old fracture, etc). Under these circumstances, I would refer the patient to their primary care physician or a local imaging center. This cost is typically covered by most insurance policies.