EC 34: Primary Spine Care with Dr. Donald Murphy

Donald Murphy, DC, FRCC, DACAN, is Clinical Director of the Rhode Island Spine Center and the Director of Primary Spine Care Services for the Care New England Health System. He also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Professor at Southern California University of Health Sciences, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Research at New York Chiropractic College.

In this episode, we discuss his background, the concept of Primary Spine Care, his CRISP textbooks, and answer listener questions.

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[christophergreen]

Dr. Murphy, Thank you for your many contributions to our profession. Your library of work is a treasure trove in my opinion. Your seminars are invaluable for clinical practitioners. Perhaps Exploring Chiropractic could forward my question. My question regards managing Medicare patients with chiropractic spinal disorders. Outside of the cases where you have a good working relationship with a patient's existing PCP, ortho, neuro, physiatrist a/o pain doc, how to you navigate the Medicare restrictions in place regarding RX imaging, blood panels or other diagnostics, eg NCV/EMG? Meaning, the patient is already established with physicians who won't accommodate your requests.