| Education |
| BS Business Administration, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA |
| Doctor of Chiropractic, TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE |
| Licensure |
| Texas Chiropractic License |
| American Chiropractic Association |
| Texas Chiropractic Assciation |
| Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology |
| Training |
| Meridian Therapy (Acupuncture) Certification, Texas Chiropractic College |
| Positions/Experience |
| First Choice Chiropractic, Inc. (1995-1998) |
| * Position: Director of Chiropractic Services |
| * Responsibilities: |
| 1. Development of the Outcome-Based Reporting System that allows for system-wide standardization of clinical reporting of chiropractic encounters. The |
| data is incorporated into a database that permits the following: |
| * easy study of chiropractic care |
| * variance analysis of encounter data |
| * analysis of risk factors contributing to extended courses of chiropractic care |
| * platform for quality improvement (QI) activities |
| 2. Development of chiropractic specialty networks in major Texas cities for the provision of managed care services to insurance companies. |
| 3. Development of chiropractic specialty networks in southeastern states for insurance carriers. |
| 4. Education of providers of the chiropractic specialty care networks on network managed care policies and procedures. |
| 5. Oversight of Credentialing Department activities: |
| * Management of credentialing activities for all specialty networks |
| * Coordination of all credentialing committee meetings and oversight committee meetings |
| * Oversight of internal credentialing operations |
| 6. Development and implementation of Credentialing Policies and Procedures that meet and exceed the National Commission for Quality Assurance |
| (NCQA) 1997 Standards for Credentialing. |
| 7. Development of Utilization Management (UM) Policies and Procedures in accordance with the National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) |
| 1997 Standards. |
| Professional Affiliations |
| * Served from 1991 to 1993 as the Chiropractic Representative to the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission's Medical Advisory Committee, a 16 |
| member multidisciplinary committee formed to assist the Medical Review Division of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission. Responsibilities |
| included attendance at all public meetings of the Medical Advisory Committee and participation in the following work groups for the Texas Workers' |
| Compensation Commission: |
| * Physical Medicine Treatment Guide Work Group |
| * North American Spine Society Treatment Guide Coding Work Group |
| * Impairment Rating Work Group |
| * Chiropractic Treatment Guide Work Group |
| * Physician Manipulation Work Group |
| * Medical Fee Guide Work Group |
| * Spine Treatment Guide Work Group |
| * Consultant to the Treatment, Utilization, Protocols, and Standards Advisory Committee of the Alabama State Board of Chiropractic Examiners: 1993. |
| * Member of the National Chiropractic Healthcare Advisory Committee to the Bill Clinton Administration and co-author of the chiropractic position paper |
| Keywords |
| chiropractor, neurologist,Chiropractor, Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology, Manipulation, Disk Herniation, Stroke, Adverse Reactions, Overutilization |