2021 Chiropractic Business and Economic Trends Survey

Thank you for participating in our 2021 Chiropractic Business & Economic Trends Survey! Survey responses are completely confidential and will be aggregated. The aggregated results will be made available to WCA members. This survey is meant to be completed by Doctors of Chiropractic. Please complete one survey per DC.

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* 1. Office zip code

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* 2. I am:

Female

Male

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* 3. I am:

An owner

An Associate

An Independent Contractor

A Partner

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Do you have a Diplomate?

Yes

If yes, in what area?

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* 5. School attended?

Palmer

National

Northwestern

Logan

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Number of years in practice?

Less than 3 years

3-5 years

6-9 years

10-15 years

16-20 years

21-25 years

More than 25 years

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* 7. I see patients

2 days per week or less (part time)

3 days per week or more (full time)

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* 8. Do you employ or directly work with another type of health care practitioner, such as a Massage Therapist, Physical Therapist, Acupuncturist, Athletic Trainer, etc?

Yes

If yes, what type of practitioner?

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* 9. My practice provides the following services (check all that apply):

Nutrition

Massage Therapy

Physical Therapy Modalities

Laser Therapy

Exercise or Sports Rehab

Functional Medicine

Kinesiology Taping

Other (please specify)

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* 10. I utilize the following in addition to manual adjustment techniques (check all that apply):

Thompson

Gonstead

Diversified

Graston

Activator

Flexion-Distraction

Soft Tissue

CranialSacral/SOT

McKenzie Method

Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)

Other (please specify)

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* 11. 2021 income – for the purposes of this survey, please include revenue you earned after all practice expenses plus the value of benefits you provide for yourself such as health insurance, IRA/SEP contributions, auto leases, etc. Please list your annual income for 2021, rounded to the nearest thousand. Ex: $133,000

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* 12. My overall income in 2021 has:

Increased compared with 2020

Decreased compared with 2020

Stayed about the same as 2020

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* 13. If you use the following services, please provide your level of satisfaction with the company providing the services.

	Very dissatisfied	Moderately dissatisfied	Neutral - they're ok	Moderately satisfied	Very satisfied
Billing Software company	Billing Software company Very dissatisfied	Billing Software company Moderately dissatisfied	Billing Software company Neutral - they're ok	Billing Software company Moderately satisfied	Billing Software company Very satisfied
E.H.R. company	E.H.R. company Very dissatisfied	E.H.R. company Moderately dissatisfied	E.H.R. company Neutral - they're ok	E.H.R. company Moderately satisfied	E.H.R. company Very satisfied
Outside billing company	Outside billing company Very dissatisfied	Outside billing company Moderately dissatisfied	Outside billing company Neutral - they're ok	Outside billing company Moderately satisfied	Outside billing company Very satisfied
Outside collections company	Outside collections company Very dissatisfied	Outside collections company Moderately dissatisfied	Outside collections company Neutral - they're ok	Outside collections company Moderately satisfied	Outside collections company Very satisfied

The following questions are optional. Providing responses to them will allow WCA to identify trends and gather additional information to continually improve your member experience.

2021 Chiropractic Business and Economic Trends Survey

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* 1. Office zip code

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* 2. I am:

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* 3. I am:

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* 4. Do you have a Diplomate?

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* 5. School attended?

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* 6. Number of years in practice?

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* 7. I see patients

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* 8. Do you employ or directly work with another type of health care practitioner, such as a Massage Therapist, Physical Therapist, Acupuncturist, Athletic Trainer, etc?

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* 9. My practice provides the following services (check all that apply):

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* 10. I utilize the following in addition to manual adjustment techniques (check all that apply):

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* 12. My overall income in 2021 has:

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* 13. If you use the following services, please provide your level of satisfaction with the company providing the services.

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* 14. What billing software do you use?

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* 15. Do you use an outside collections company? If so, what company?

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* 16. Do you use an outside billing company? If so, what company?

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* 17. What E.H.R. system do you use?