Episode 11: Stressed Out Doctors Leave It All Behind (Part 2)

00:00 Intro01:00 Doctors entertain concepts of cash payments with patients01:06 Dr. Jordan Johnson, DC—Morganton Chiropractic01:30 In last week episode…04:00 Let’s talk about diet05:00 Food Guide Pyramid05:30 What we define as “food” is key05:37 Michael Pollan06:25 What is “real food” anyway06:46 Food, Inc., documentary-directed by Robert Kenner07:25 Farmer’s Market First!07:54 Plant-Based Diet09:25 Don’t put Chiropractors in the “spine only” box10:25 Most issues result from chronic, repetitive misalignment12:00 Goal is to give the patient the skills to stay in alignment longer on their own12:56 Who pays you?13:00 David Contorno, “You work for whoever pays you”13:25 Article, “My personal dilemma”13:40 It’s very similar for physicians who are paid by insurance companies14:14 Third party payment system in between the doctor-patient relationship14:26 Doctors working at the discretion of an insurance company14:51 If the patient is actually paying then the doctor works for them15:05 The interaction between doctor and patient is a relationship15:48 Patients stop receiving care once an insurance policy stops paying16:12 The third party distorts the relationship and creates a barrier to care17:08 Found myself out of town without medicine, just decided to go without19:28 Third party payers lend patients to feel that care just isn’t worth the trouble21:35 Average patient is 40 years old with low-back pain21:45 First visit is about 1 hour long21:57 Second visit is about 30 minutes long25:00 Divert major surgery with better “joint care”25:09 Or, have to treat because surgery was performed but results were not achieved25:56 Once you have surgery, you can’t undo it26:57 Employers could pay Chiropractors directly as a preventive measure28:43 Health plan design should provide incentives for steerage29:30 Don’t just give your employees a provider directory and no other direction than that31:24 Ask the question, “do you accept cash”32:27 [email protected]:57 Thank you!33:00 www.custombenefits.work