Patient-reported outcome measures quantify patients’ subjective symptoms and are often more in line with accomplishing patient-centered goals. Patient-reported outcomes can give valuable information to evaluate the success of a treatment plan and aid in determining a prognosis based on past response. They are also used by insurance companies for re-imbursement purposes, such as determining medical necessity. Chiarotto et al. developed a core outcome set for use in clinical practice with accompanying suggested measures for patients with low back pain.

"People like to understand things. It’s an earnest and charming quality of the human race. We like to flip to the back of the book to look at the answers. We like it when there’s a tidy way to summarize things. One or two takeaways, please. It’s why Aesop’s fables continue to do so well."

ACA’s annual meeting, the National Chiropractic Leadership Conference, brings you cutting-edge, evidence-based education sessions featuring some of the chiropractic profession’s most respected thought leaders and content experts. Many sessions also offer continuing education credits. Here we pose questions to one of the presenters: James J. Lehman, DC, MBA, whose program is titled, “A Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency: An Example of Interprofessional Collaboration.”

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a guidance document significantly changing the way the department will handle waiver requests under the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Act).  This enhanced flexibility from the Act could lead to far greater variation across states in the types of plans offered, creating a “patchwork quilt” of benefits and services available to consumers.

ACA’s annual meeting, the National Chiropractic Leadership Conference, brings you cutting-edge, evidence-based education sessions featuring some of the chiropractic profession’s most respected thought leaders and content experts. Many sessions also offer continuing education credits. Here we pose questions to one of the presenters: Alan K. Sokoloff, DC—known to his patients as “Dr. Sok”—who is team chiropractor for the two-time Super Bowl-champion Baltimore Ravens.