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Can A Pulmonologist Refer for Chiropractic?

Published on Thu Apr 12, 2018

Question: A patient of ours keeps asking us to write a chiropractic referral because she believes the chiropractor will perform services that can help her asthma. She says Aetna won't let her see the chiropractor without a referral and since the pulmonologist is treating her asthma, she wants him to write it. The pulmonologist doesn't believe the chiropractic treatment is [...]
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