Bio Design     David Werum   PO Box 903  Shingle Springs     CA             95682    
530-677-1988   Dietary Supplements    dave@bio-design.com

Bio Meridian Int   Alex Milne  14870 S. Pony Express Rd. #100  Bluffdale   UT 84065 
801-864-4110      Medical Equipment       amilne@biomeridian.com

Calhoon Health Products    Lynn Calhoon 3879 S. 2140 E.  SLC UT 84109   
801-274-2243  Treatment Equipment   lynn@calhoonhp.com

Dynatronics Quinn Beardall  7030 Park Center Drive   SLC    UT 84121   
  801-568-7000 Rehab, Decompression    quinn.beardall@dynatronics.com

Enagic  Ronald Sanders            PO Box 495  Castle Dale            UT             84513   
  435-381-5432    Kangen Water   

Evince International  David Gilbert      90 W. 500 S. PMB #422    Bountiful  UT  84010   
  801-298-3120     Nurtitional Supplements       david@david-gilbert.com

Financial Alliance for Chiropractors      Vince Corino   13965 W. Chinden Blvd #104 Boise ID   83713   
  866-947-9926 Financial Advisor  roy.jones@lpl.com

Juice Plus  Robin Pulley    2211 DeBeers Drive   Sandy      UT    84093  
  801-633-0333  Whole Food Nutrition   

Laser Therapy Products, West  Dr Trent Harrison  2828 W. 4700 S. #A   Taylorsville  UT  84118   
  801-966-3101 Class IV Laser Therapy  trento@bigplanet.com

Law Office of Randal L. Meek    Randal Meek   935 E. 7220 S.  #D-100  Midvale    UT   84047   
  801-566-8118  Legal Services              

Max International Associates    Margaret Adamson 91 Walton Lane  Centerville  UT  84014   
  801-292-2146    Nutritionals     magsadamson@hotmail.com

Medical Specialists    Kenny Lord 3666 S. 900 E.    SLC   UT  84106   
  801-268-4312   Supplies & Equipment

Medtronic Inc.   Josh Jeppson 7018 N. Fresno St.  #240  Fresno CA 93720-1248  
  800-546-1248  Pain josh.jepppson@medtronic.com

Salt Lake MRI    Ted Kyle 10696 S. Riverfront Pkwy  South Jordan   UT  84095   
  801-563-0333      Advanced Imaging        

Scientology Mission of SLC     Dallas Hunter   353 E. 400 S.  SLC     UT  84111  
  801-532-8008   Detoxification Program thinkclearly@missionofslc.com

Select Comfort  Mike                 1076 Layton Hills Mall      Layton       UT      84041   
  801-779-6020     Beds                                

Simons X-Ray Corp  Robert Bedont/Dave Walton 711 W. 800 S. SLC   UT  84104 
  801-532-1600     X-Ray Equipment           bob@simonsxray.com

Sovereign Financial      Patrick Latimer   455 E. 500 S. #400 SLC    UT  84111  
  801-484-6645 Life Insurance &  Retirement Planning latimer_patrick@nlvmail.com

TNA Solutions   Greg Apgood  PO Box 27024 SLC  UT      84127-0024      
   801-685-8800    Paperless Filing            greg@fscpa.net

Vitaminerals  Quintin Graves   3664 S. 900 E. SLC  UT  84106   
   801-268-4342    Neutracceuticals           

Wellness Center Coaching   Mark Weisenburger    4785 W. Vista Drive  Highland UT 84003 
     801-358-6106 Professional Supplements   mark@wellnesscentercoaching.com

Wendell Robertson, DDS, PC   Wendell Robertson       245 West Center Spanish Fork UT    84660  
   801-798-6023    Mercury Removal, Ozone Therapy, etc

Zyto  Vaughn Cook  1266 S. 1380 W.       Orem      UT 84058   
   801-224-7199       Software      zytosales@gmail.com

October 15, 2008

UCPA Membership

RE:  News from the “Front Lines in the PI War”

 Dear Doctor,

As I write this Newsletter, I’m sitting in the mountains at 8500 feet watching the first snowfall of the season. Still some nice fall weather ahead of us, but it won’t be long before the snow is here to stay.

 Tip of the Month: How far will insurance companies go to keep their money?

 We all know that insurance companies routinely take unreasonable positions and do everything they can to keep from paying legitimate claims and bills, but an experience I had this last month raises the bar to a new level.

 I have a “low-impact” case that I have filed suit on and am proceeding through the litigation process. Despite the injured party having over $6,000 in medical bills, serious translation in the cervical spine and severe life-impacts, the insurance company involved has made only one offer of $3,000. Beginning only four weeks past the date of the accident, the insurance company has consistently denied her claim relying on the fact that there is only $600 damage to my client’s vehicle and no damage to their client’s vehicle.

 The accident is a typical rear-end accident. The insurance company has on 4 different occasions sent me large color photographs of the defendant’s vehicle showing no damage to his car. Last month we took the defendant’s deposition and I asked him if his car was damaged: “Yes”. Turns out the right front headlight and housing, the grill, and the entire hood of his car were damaged and replaced and then repainted! All of the photographs sent to me were taken AFTER the repairs and repainting! With this new (and accurate) information the case changes dramatically and also potentially allows me to bring this inexcusable “switcheroo” to the jury’s attention.

 The moral of the story is that whether this particular incident was just sloppy work on the part of the insurance company or intentional, we have to continually watch them like hawks to make sure they are dealing in good faith. Additionally, always try to get photographs of all the vehicles involved in the accident as early as possible so that important evidence is not lost.

 As always, if there is anything that my staff or I can do for you, please let us know. Hope to see you all at the UCPA Fall Convention in a couple of weeks.

 Sincerely,

Randal L. Meek

The Law Offices of Randal L. Meek, P.C.

“Lawyers who care, serving you”

www.rlmlaw.com

Sent in by Matthew Roller            Roller Chiropractic      801-255-3925

Governor Huntsman issued a call to action last week at the Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable on Health System Reform:  He challenged us all to ’summit’ (to bring to the tipping point) meaningful health system reforms in our state.

Join us “on deck” as we take Gov. Huntsman’s words to heart.  We need your voice in the reform conversation.  We must coalesce the forces for change in the way Utah finances and delivers health care.

To this end, Utah Health Policy Project is sponsoring summits to discuss meaningful health system reform with legislators and candidates.  Join us for informal conversation on where we are today and the possibilities for the 2009 General Legislative Session.  Here are the dates and times:

Sandy- Tuesday, October 14th from 5:00 to 6:30-
    Sandy Library (10100 South Petunia Way), small meeting room

Salt Lake-  Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 5:00 to 6:30
   Room 4112, State Capitol Office Building (Utah State Capitol Complex)

Provo- Wednesday, Oct. 22nd from 5:00 to 6:30
   Room 302, Provo City Library (550 N University Avenue)

These summits are a wonderful opportunity to engage with your legislators and neighbors about the need for real reforms.   Learn how you can encourage the Legislature to work towards containing cost, increasing access, and improving quality—goals that will have broad impacts on Utahns.

Stephen Kaufman, D.C.    - the Kaufman Techniques LLC^{TM
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Mark your Calendars and Send in Your Registration to Tim for the Fall Convention.
Those who have attended Dr. Kaufman’sSeminar are excited to have him come to Utah.

Don’t Miss It! http://www.kaufmantechnique.com/ 

Stephen Kaufman, D.C.    - the Kaufman Techniques LLC^TM:   Denver, CO.    800-774-5078  

• Gently, with only  your finger tips , almost no pressure whatsoever, completely painlessly!
• Gentle enough for 90 year old patients, easy enough for 90 year old doctors to perform!
• No machines, lasers, or instruments to buy! These techniques are NEW, and NOT similar to the techniques of Nimmo, Travell, or any other method of treating trigger points or “myofascial release” procedures!
• NO muscle testing of any kind!
• Provides immediate pain relief for many patients (not all, of course)!
• Extremely easy to learn! Treatments take less than 30 seconds!
• Based on classical neurological research!
• So simple you’ll be amazed you’ve never seen it before!
• Triple your referrals! Results are often so dramatic, patients will call their family and friends from your office!
• Do what you never thought possible before!

There are now several different reflexes discovered to achieve rapid release of painful muscular trigger areas! I call these the Neutralization Reflexes. You’ll be able to literally turn pain off in seconds, in many patients (not everyone, of course)!

Try this test on your next 10 patients.

• Press into the paraspinal musculture at C1, C2, C3 on both sides.
• The suboccipital muscles.
• Press into the upper traps.
• Press deeply into the rhomboids on both sides.
• The quadratus lumborum and the piriformis.
• The sacroileac ligaments.
• The spinous processes of L5, L4, C7, and C2.
• How many of your patients have numerous very tender spots in these areas, even after chiropractic adjustments, myofascial treatment, or acupuncture?
• These are causing and contributing to their chronic and acute pain.

Forgotten all you’ve ever learned about muscles and neurology? No sweat!!  You’ll learn everything you need in this class! This is so simple (and FUN) a 14 year old can learn to apply the techniques in minutes.

You’ll discover how to neutralize painful areas in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spine and pelvis, and the abdomen in this class.

• Erase pain that has been there for years, in many cases! Pain that has persisted in spite of all types of treatment. (Of course, these techniques do not work in every case. Your results will vary.)
• reduce treatment time by 47%
• eliminates repetitive strain injuries of the doctor or practitioner by 76%! (Are you wearing out your body treating patients?)
• this classes covers all common muscle pain areas in the neck, shoulders, upper trap, supraspinatus, rhomboids, lumbar muscles, buttocks, and extremities.
• we will also cover the amazing Abdominal Pain Neutralization Techniques, including the sacral plexus, splanchnic nerve, phrenic nerve, transverse, and sigmoidal reflexes.
• Rapidly relieve chronic abdominal pain, including menstrual pain, post surgical pain, and intestinal problems, in many cases.
• amaze patients with immediate results.
• These techniques draw new patients like chocolate draws children!
• NEW techniques not taught before to instantly increase range off motion in the neck, even in patients with stiffness for decades

July 23, 2008   Colossus Tip of the Month: Delays and Gaps in Treatment

Delays and gaps in treatment can be devastating to a case. Unfortunately the realities of our busy modern life often results in delays and gaps in the thing we need most: treatment.

 A treatment gap is a gap in receiving treatment, even a gap caused by missing an appointment at the physician’s office during the course of treatment.

 A delay can virtually destroy a case. The general consensus is that if a patient first reports several months after an accident, having no other treatment after the injury, you can assume there is probably no viable case EVEN if the person was legitimately injured. Many insurance companies automatically bump a case into the “Special Investigations Unit” (euphemism for fraud) if the delay or gap exceeds 30 days. At a minimum, a delay or gap early in treatment will severely decrease the value within Colossus. Remember though, that there are always exceptions.

 The best you can do is try to “explain away” the gap or delay. Possible reasonable explanations include:
-Patient saw MD first who prescribed rest and meds with no therapy for 2 months;

-Patient is without resources to begin care and did not know PIP was available;
-Patient was hurting, but hoped pain would “just go away”;
-Patient decided to “take time off from treatment” and evaluate the results;
-Patient had a pre-planned and pre-paid vacation that they could not get refunded;
-Patient had a family emergency or illness;
-Treating physician’s office was closed for a period of time;

With any of the above explanations, the more documentation you can counter with, the greater the likelihood of success. However, these are very costly, very uncertain cases to take on and at best the recovery is likely to be low.

 As always, if there is anything that my staff or I can do for you, please let us know.

 Sincerely,  Randal L. Meek The Law Offices of Randal L. Meek, P.C. “Lawyers who care, serving you” www.rlmlaw.com

Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone wrote a book entitled “Success through a Positive Mental Attitude”
Please Share some of your favorite uplifting thoughts. For Example:
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future, or anticipate troubles,
but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”  - Guatama Buddha

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Proverbs 23:7

Whatever THE MIND OF MAN can CONCEIVE and BELIEVE it can ACHIEVE 

The Following collection Contributed by Jim Knight DC:

Often God has to shut a door in our face so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.  Catherine Marshall

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things that cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.  Reinhold Niebuhr

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.  Victor Hugo

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.  Linus Pauling

Grief can take care of itself: but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.   Mark Twain

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet. Anonymous

We have not come into the world to be a number; we have been created for a purpose, for great things: To love and be loved.  Mother Teresa

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.  Richard L. Evans

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.  F. Wilezek

When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own. Anonymous

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? Didn’t you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn’t most of them turn out all right after all? Dale Carnegie

I’m looking forward to looking back on all this. Sandra Knell   

If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.   Jonathan Winters

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.  Gerry Sikorski

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. Ann Landers

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.  Ken Keyes Jr

Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.  Will Rogers

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.      Chinese Proverb

The first sight of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.  Chicago Tribune

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.  Margaret Mead

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.  Sally Koch

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. Justice Arthur Goldberg

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.  James M. Barrie   

The odds of hitting a target go up dramatically when you aim at it.  Mal Pancoast

We can do no great things…only small things with great love.  Mother Teresa

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. Mother Teresa

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.  Beverly Sills