ON Chiropractic
a stroke,” she said. As a professional
with over 20 years of clinical
experience and a clear understanding
of the research, she knew that claim
would be baseless. But when you are
the one whose name is in black and
white on the cover of a lawsuit, the
fear of how the case might impact
your fellow chiropractors can be
None could imagine going through this
process without Dr. Dunn and Dr. Wright
and the team at the CCPA. You can see
why. At every point along the way, the
CCPA is there for chiropractors at the
worst moments in their professional
lives. They are there to provide
emotional support and reassurance.
To help members get back to practice
for someone who has been practicing
for nearly 40 years. The second claim
was handled by the CCPA. The first was
handled by the insurer that walked out
on chiropractic in the 1980s. We asked
him to compare the experiences.
The CCPA stayed in constant contact
with him while the second claim was
handled. He experienced the constant
support described in this article. When
his case was concluded the call came
from Dr. Dunn himself. Conversely, he
heard that his earlier case had been
settled from a friend of the patient
who had brought the lawsuit. To this
day, nearly three decades later, he is
convinced that he was never directly
informed that the case was resolved.
The CCPA exists to protect you and
your profession. Period. They are not
an insurance company; they are a
not-for-profit protective association.
Insurance companies are — at least in
part —
profit motivated. This prompts
them to consider their bottom line
when determining how to respond
to a case. The CCPA’s analysis begins
and ends with how best to protect the
chiropractor and the profession.
A
hardest of all to overcome. The
resolution of a case helps to finally
clear that hurdle.
W
e asked each chiropractor
what they would say to
someone thinking about
practicing without the protection of
the CCPA. You won’t be surprised to
learn that they all said similar things.
and stay committed to their craft as a
case drags on. They focus on keeping
the interests of the chiropractor and the
profession at the forefront. And, most
importantly of all, they bring an expert
legal strategy and the wherewithal to see
it through.
One of the chiropractors we spoke to
shared that he has been involved in two
claims in his career. This is not unusual
ll three of the chiropractors we
spoke with are still practicing.
They have moved on and
discovered time’s powerful healing
effect, but they often think of their
experience and the CCPA’s crucial
role. Each struggled to find words to
sufficiently convey what the support of
the CCPA meant. Soldiers often speak
of the bonds formed on the battlefield.
It is not a big stretch to say that a similar
bond is formed during a claim. Then
the war is over and life slowly begins to
return to normal. “Thank you” is all that’s
left to say.
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