https://youtu.be/Jemynj_O-7kdo i need a medical doctor's referral to receive chiropractic care and the answer is no most chiropractic offices are independent offices outside but also working with traditional medical care now the only exception to this where you might need a medical doctor's referral is if your insurance requires it and most insurances don't require it the exception i'm thinking of is medi-cal or medicaid if you're in a different state than california under medi-cal insurance rules you will need a primary care physician's referral to receive chiropractic care most chiropractors will not accept medi-cal reimbursement is way too low for for all the paperwork involved in having a medi-cal patient as a patient now i work in a multi-disciplinary clinic in sonoma where i work alongside medical doctors osteopaths nurse practitioners where we see almost exclusively medical patients and in that situation i receive medical referrals for every patient i see
