Chiropractor assistant vs associate doctor

Differences between chiropractor assistant and associate doctor duties and responsibilities

Chiropractor assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage front of office staff; including scheduling, payroll, inventory and proper implementation of office compliance manual.
• Provide customer service to patients by scheduling appointments and acting as a liaison on insurance coverage availability.
• Handle administrative office duties essentially answering phones, scheduling appointments, registering new patients and maintaining insurance benefits.
• Communicate with insurance companies, pain clinics, orthopedic groups, MRI facilities, and surgeons.
• Process and submit payroll timely and accurately.
• Perform physiotherapy and therapeutic ultrasound, as needed.
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Associate doctor example responsibilities.

• Manage the movement of patient's through the ER from triage to discharge or to the floor once admit.
• Educate patients in home therapy, ergonomic work station correction and therapeutic exercise programs.
• Work in conjunction with orthopedic medical doctor in the treatment of injure patients and rehabilitation.
• Implement therapy treatment protocols for a neurosurgeon for post lumbar and cervical fusion and laminectomies surgeries.
• Implement therapy treatment protocols for a neurosurgeon for post lumbar and cervical fusion and laminectomies surgeries.