Spring 2023 Convention // Speakers

Topics around sexual health start from birth through old age and are sometimes difficult and uncomfortable to discuss. This lends itself to accidental error and moral and ethical boundaries being inadvertently crossed. The aim of this distinguished panel of speakers is to take the stigma out of the challenge in talking about sensitive issues. This lecture is designed to open your mind and help you better communicate and understand the clinical importance in addressing with your patients the surrounding topics under the huge sexual health umbrella. Knowing how to broach this subject ethically and appropriately is important. This lecture will discuss orientation, abuse, pleasure, fertility, growth, side effects, and sexual practices that are extremely healthy in our relationships and what effect this has on the body. As a general practitioner, these subjects affect your entire patient population. Navigating them correctly can keep you in compliance and really help your patients. Our speakers will empower you so the profession can continue to help guide and communicate with their patients about sometimes challenging, difficult, and even funny situations. Attendees will be more comfortable discussing these topics without violating boundaries. They will gain understanding of their role in treating and knowing when to properly refer to subject matters outside their expertise and will gain a better understanding of correct ethical communication in topics relating to sexual health.

3 CEs possible. Ethics. Sexual Boundaries.

Sponsored by Protocol For Life Balance, CHUSA, and Kaizenovate.

Dr. Cindy M. Howard is a Board-Certified Chiropractic Internist and Nutritionist in private practice and the owner of Innovative Health & Wellness Center in Orland Park, Illinois. She is also licensed in the state of Florida. She owns DC consulting, assisting private practices in improving their communication skills and patient adherence while building a better functional medicine and nutritional practice. For the last 12 years, she has served as the Illinois delegate for the ACA. She was the ACA recipient of the Flynn/Lynch award in 2015 for outstanding service. She is a past president of the ACA Council on Diagnosis and Internal Disorders and currently serves as the Vice President of the College of Pharmacology and Toxicology. She also serves on the medical advisory board for Fullscript, the Functional Medicine University, and is the chief medical officer for Inguardia Health. Dr. Howard is an associate editor of The Original Internist and a regular contributor for the Illinois Chiropractic Society online newsletter. In 2020, Dr. Howard was awarded the Chiropractor of the Year from the ICA. She speaks nationally, presenting on topics including Pre- and Post-Concussion Nutrition, Headaches, Sexual Health, Male and Female Pelvic Disorders, GI Disorders, Nutritional Blood Analysis Interpretation, and Genetics. Her first book, “Positively Altered,” is due out in September of 2023.

Dr. Jay S. Greenstein is a Maryland native who received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National and earned his postgraduate degree in Sports Chiropractic at Logan. In addition to maintaining his private practice, he is the founder and CEO of Kaizenovate® Advisors, a leading-edge firm that helps doctors and a wide variety of companies to improve their organizational performance. Kaizenovate® Advisors coach businesses on Six Sigma, leadership, and the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS). He is also the founder and CEO of Kaizenovate Tech, a mobile app development platform dedicated to improving clinical outcomes and financial performance in healthcare practices. Dr. Greenstein serves on the Leadership Committee of the Chiropractic Future Strategic Plan and as Chair of the Plan’s ChiroTech Consortium. The purpose of the Consortium is to determine and track utilization metrics and empower the profession with reliable data, which supports decisions and messaging moving forward. He has served as the past Insurance Chairman and Public Relations Chairman for the Unified VCA and past Insurance Chairman for the Maryland Chiropractic Association. Since 2010, he has served on the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters as the Vice Chairman, and in 2016 was elected Chairman. He also represents CCGPP on the Chiropractic Summit, where he is Chairman of the Government Relations Committee. The GR committee works on policy issues to ensure chiropractic access with healthcare reform taking place at the state and national level. Dr. Greenstein’s clinical philosophy is to utilize evidence-based treatment plans founded on science, and care for patients compassionately utilizing a variety of Chiropractic, Physical Therapy and rehabilitative techniques which will eliminate symptoms and improve overall function of the human body. Dr. Greenstein also believes strongly in patient education and empowering patients to improve the quality of their lives, because patients who know more about their conditions stay healthier.

Dr. Joe Baldino, DC, is a Functional Neurological Rehabilitation Specialist who uses modern neuroscience principles to govern brain-based patient care. A Fellow of the International Association of Functional Neurology & Rehabilitation, he has extensive training in neurology. His specialties include Functional Neurology, rehabilitative neurology, functional blood nutrition, and vestibular rehabilitation. His credentials include Bachelor of Science degrees in Molecular Biology, Biology, and Human Biology, 1600+ hours in post-graduate studies in clinical rehabilitative neurology, vestibular, concussion, and TBI rehabilitation. He combines his 15 years of clinical experience with hundreds of hours observing grand rounds under the guidance of Dr. Ted Carrick. Dr. Baldino has been able to combine his degrees, knowledge, and compassion to create a system of hope, health, and healing. The methodology he employs to help people is unparalleled in knowledge, passion, and excitement.

Dr. Kristine Tohtz is a graduate of National who also holds a Diplomate in Acupuncture from the ACA. After attending two supervised medical internships in China, she obtained her Master of Science in Acupuncture (MsAc) through National in 2014. She has completed an advanced certification in Pregnancy and Pediatric care through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and is a trained post-partum doula. She also successfully completed training to become a practitioner in the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. She teaches continuing education to healthcare practitioners of all types on the topics of acupuncture, dry needling, pregnancy, nutrition, and pediatric care. She has also earned a certification through the prestigious Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).  She has served the ACA Acupuncture Council in all positions over 10 years and is presently helping the ACA Pediatric Council coordinate their Diplomate program. She has been a clinician for more than 20 years and is the owner and lead clinician at Serenity Family Wellness, a managing partner at Fusion Care, LLC and is the Acupuncture Clinician though the Veteran Administration at Post St. Lucie, Florida. 

Kristi Hudson is a Certified Professional Compliance Officer who serves as Vice President of Business Relations for ChiroHealthUSA. She is from central Mississippi, where she also began her journey into the chiropractic profession. In 2010, Kristi began working as the personal assistant to Dr. Ray Foxworth, President and founder of ChiroHealthUSA. She very quickly learned her passion for chiropractic. With her constant desire to learn more and to contribute, she developed what is now one of the largest webinar series within the profession. In 2016, Kristi took on the additional role of administrator of the ChiroHealthUSA Foxworth Family Scholarship. The scholarship awards one chiropractic student $10,000 for tuition, $5,000 cash, and a $10,000 donation to their school. Kristi has presented for several chiropractic state associations, ChiroCode, ChiroHealthUSA, ChiroTouch Software, and more. She has also written several articles on the topics of billing, collections, staff training, and compliance.

Sinus, tension, migraines, and cluster are the four main classifications of headaches. While musculoskeletal and biomechanical causes may be found, so may hormonal, nutritional, and environmental causes. Searching to get to the root cause can be life changing. Knowing how to find root causes through appropriate history taking, laboratory testing and examination will help the astute practitioner be more successful in the treatment of headaches. Topics include an introduction of the four classifications of headache, nutritional components of headaches, environmental causes, hormonal components, appropriate lab work and treatment protocols, and herbal/nutritional/homeopathic remedies for headaches. Attendees will understand the role that nutrients play in managing headaches and how to test and prescribe appropriately for resolution of symptoms, understand the role of estrogen, progesterone, and DHEA in the management of headaches, and be able to assess and discover the environmental elements that may contribute to the onset of chronic headaches. Don’t miss this informative presentation!

2 CEs possible. Performance and Ordering of Tests OR Pain and Symptom Management

Sponsored by Protocol For Life Balance.

Dr. Cindy M. Howard is a Board-Certified Chiropractic Internist and Nutritionist in private practice and the owner of Innovative Health & Wellness Center in Orland Park, Illinois. She is also licensed in the state of Florida. She owns DC consulting, assisting private practices to improve their communication skills and improving patient adherence while building a better functional medicine and nutritional practice. For the last 12 years, she has served as the Illinois delegate for the ACA. She was the ACA recipient of the Flynn/Lynch award in 2015 for outstanding service. She is a past president of the ACA Council on Diagnosis and Internal Disorders and currently serves as the Vice President of the College of Pharmacology and Toxicology. She also serves on the medical advisory board for Fullscript, the Functional Medicine University, and is the chief medical officer for Inguardia Health. Dr. Howard is an associate editor of The Original Internist and a regular contributor for the Illinois Chiropractic Society online newsletter. In 2020, Dr. Howard was awarded the Chiropractor of the Year from the ICA. She speaks nationally, presenting on topics including Pre- and Post-Concussion Nutrition, Headaches, Sexual Health, Male and Female Pelvic Disorders, GI Disorders, Nutritional Blood Analysis Interpretation, and Genetics. Her first book, Positively Altered, is due out in September of 2023.

Chiropractors deal with many daily challenges outside of actually treating the patient: business methodologies, data privacy and security, understanding emerging tech to drive improved outcomes, educating patients, and social determinants of health. This course is designed to address these issues, bringing awareness to the ethical standards that drive better results for patients and providers alike. Topics of discussion include: Driving ethics through clinical care plan adherence; implementing ethical approaches to protecting your data, patients, and practice through data security measures; understanding emerging technology (Big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning); knowing and ethically acting on your data; and, understanding social determinants of health in the patient journey.

2 CEs possible.

Sponsored by Infinedi.

Dr. Jay S. Greenstein is a Maryland native who received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National and earned his postgraduate degree in Sports Chiropractic at Logan. In addition to maintaining his private practice, he is the founder and CEO of Kaizenovate® Advisors, a leading-edge firm that helps doctors and a wide variety of companies to improve their organizational performance. Kaizenovate® Advisors coach businesses on Six Sigma, leadership, and the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS). He is also the founder and CEO of Kaizenovate Tech, a mobile app development platform dedicated to improving clinical outcomes and financial performance in healthcare practices. Dr. Greenstein serves on the Leadership Committee of the Chiropractic Future Strategic Plan and as Chair of the Plan’s ChiroTech Consortium. The purpose of the Consortium is to determine and track utilization metrics and empower the profession with reliable data, which supports decisions and messaging moving forward. He has served as the past Insurance Chairman and Public Relations Chairman for the Unified VCA and past Insurance Chairman for the Maryland Chiropractic Association. Since 2010, he has served on the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters as the Vice Chairman, and in 2016 was elected Chairman. He also represents CCGPP on the Chiropractic Summit, where he is Chairman of the Government Relations Committee. The GR committee works on policy issues to ensure chiropractic access with healthcare reform taking place at the state and national level. Dr. Greenstein’s clinical philosophy is to utilize evidence-based treatment plans founded on science, and care for patients compassionately utilizing a variety of Chiropractic, Physical Therapy and rehabilitative techniques which will eliminate symptoms and improve overall function of the human body. Dr. Greenstein also believes strongly in patient education and empowering patients to improve the quality of their lives, because patients who know more about their conditions stay healthier.

Brad Cost is CEO of Infinedi, a national claims clearinghouse that serves more than 17,000 providers in 50 states and processes over 5 million transactions each month. Infinedi’s analytical company provides utilization management tools and analysis for the chiropractic industry and is the primary data partner for the MAC, and many other state and national associations, including the ACA and AMA. He is a highly knowledgeable and a nationally sought-after resource within the healthcare and data analytics industry. His primary focus is on the development of cutting edge electronic data technology as it relates to the big data analysis of the medical and healthcare industries. Prior to his role at Infinedi, he was the senior systems engineer at Oklahoma State University, his alma mater. He currently sits on the board of governors for OSU and the associate’s board for the OSU Spears School of Business. He is active in training and educating providers about big data analytics on a national level.

In this case-based lecture, our speaker will pull from patient cases read for chiropractors across the nation. She will review a search pattern and wide range of pathology from sports injury, arthritis, infection, and neoplasm, all of which have come through practicing chiropractors’ doors. Proper utilization of imaging will be covered, reminding the practicing chiropractor that arthritis is not the only pathology that could come through their door! Topics of discussion include the ABCs of x-ray interpretation, arthritis, tumor, soft tissue, fracture, infection, MRI basics, and more.

8 CEs possible. Pain and Symptom Management. Performance and Ordering of Tests.

Sponsored by Foot Levelers.

Logan grad Dr. Alicia Yochum is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology who received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing before entering chiropractic college. She completed her diagnostic imaging residency at Logan and received her DACBR in 2015, becoming the first second-generation DACBR in the history of chiropractic. She has also completed her fellowship in musculoskeletal advanced imaging at Logan, with an emphasis on musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound. She has performed editorial review for the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedics (JACO). She has published many articles in peer reviewed journals and lectured around the country, as well as in England and Germany. She currently practices at the Rocky Mountain Chiropractic Radiological Center in Arvada, Colorado.

The United States currently outspends the entire rest of the world’s population on healthcare, even though we only make up 4.2 percent of the global population. One of the largest expenses we have in healthcare is orthopedic pain. As our cost for healthcare grows dramatically, our life expectancy for the first time in modern history has dropped four years in a row. Chiropractic is one of the most effective and efficient health care options to help alleviate this dilemma, yet it continues to be branded by the public as an alternative treatment. In this seminar, our speaker will explore how chiropractors can lead the charge in redefining what healthcare in America should look like. Attendees will walk away with a blueprint to lead patients to a less invasive path with more effective outcomes.

4 CEs possible. 

Sponsored by AMI Doctors.

Dr. Mike Carberry, DC, is an entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. After an accident occurred that changed the course of his life, Dr. Carberry decided to pursue chiropractic practice. A graduate of Life, he is a nationally sought-after speaker on topics ranging from business to health care, economics, and the opioid crisis. He can be found regularly hosting the AMI Today podcast and has delivered continuing education on medical necessity. In his recently published book, The “Death of American Healthcare,” he provides a fearless description of how we are part of a pill-based healthcare system that created the opioid crisis and that there is a cure to all this. As co-founder of Advanced Medical Integration, Dr. Carberry is forwarding a model of responsible pain management by helping businesses dominate local, regional, and national markets. As AMI’s visionary leader, his mission is to help end the Opioid Crisis in the U.S. through healthcare reform.

To win any game, you need to understand the rules, and the insurance and billing game is no different! Join Carl Alden for this nuts-and-bolts seminar about the requirements of accepting, billing, and treating your insurance patients. This class can start you on the road to maximizing your patients’ clinical needs while minimizing your risks and headaches! Anybody who deals with insurers – DCs, billers, CAs – will benefit from this information-rich session.

4 CEs possible. 

Carl Alden is the Michigan Association of Chiropractors’ resident specialist on insurance. Most of his days are spent on the phone assisting MAC members with a variety of insurance issues. Along with these duties, Carl is also the MAC Governmental Relations Director. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

More than a third of healthcare professionals have been verbally or physically abused by patients. These individuals become “challenging” for several reasons. The speaker for this course will discuss the types of aggressive behavior exhibited by patients, potential causes for this challenging behavior, and how to manage these situations while keeping yourself, your team, and other patients safe. Topics of discussion include methods to diffuse an aggressive patient and actions steps to take when patients behave inappropriately.

Sponsored by ChiroHealthUSA.

Kristi Hudson is a Certified Professional Compliance Officer who serves as Vice President of Business Relations for ChiroHealthUSA. She is from central Mississippi, where she also began her journey into the chiropractic profession. In 2010, Kristi began working as the personal assistant to Dr. Ray Foxworth, president and founder of ChiroHealthUSA. She very quickly learned her passion for chiropractic. With her constant desire to learn more and to contribute, she developed what is now one of the largest webinar series within the profession. In 2016, Kristi took on the additional role of Administrator of the ChiroHealthUSA Foxworth Family Scholarship. The scholarship awards one chiropractic student $10,000 for tuition, $5,000 cash, and a $10,000 donation to their school. Kristi has presented for several chiropractic state associations, ChiroCode, ChiroHealthUSA, ChiroTouch Software, and more. She has also written many articles on the topics of billing, collections, staff training, and compliance.

The MAC’s Stephanie Davidson and attorney Bryan Genrich will be on hand to provide answers to the most frequently asked CA questions, from billing to contracts and more. Stephanie will help answer questions from CAs in the field, and Bryan will touch on the legal aspects of running a chiropractic practice. Come ready with your questions for this freewheeling, informative discussion!

Stephanie Davidson is the MAC’s Insurance Relations Manager and coding specialist. She regularly speaks at MAC events regarding insurance issues. She is the author of the MAC’s CA Chat and the administrator of the MAC’s CA Advancement Program (CAAP). She is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a B.S. in Exercise Science.

Bryan Genrich currently serves as the MAC’s primary attorney. A cum laude graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, he received three Jurisprudence Awards for highest academic achievement in Pre-Trial I, Pre-Trial II, and Trial I. He also won the Jerome F. Prince National Evidence Moot Court Competition in 2012.  While attending school, he also worked for a U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of Michigan, a Michigan Circuit Court Judge, the Michigan Supreme Court - Michigan Judicial Institute, and the Washtenaw County Public Defender's Office.  Bryan manages his own law firm, is the general counsel for a multi-state chiropractic group, and is a legal consultant to the MAC. Prior to law school, Bryan attended Michigan State University and obtained a degree in Business Management.  Following his undergrad studies, he worked as a commercial real estate agent specializing in the sale and lease of office, medical, and flex space in the metro-Detroit area.  Bryan is active in several local bar associations and is on the Board of Directors for Detroit Catholic Central.