Do I need a referral to see a chiropractor?

Do I need a referral to see a chiropractor?: transcript

do 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