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Terms and Meanings
Some terms that we use in this chapter may not be familiar. These terms and their meanings are listed below.
- Alignment: To straighten the spine.
- Manipulation: To adjust your joints or other body parts to relieve pressure or pain.
- Primary Care Provider: Your main health care professional who maintains your good health and cares for your basic health needs by giving vaccines, finding disease, and offering medication or treatment for conditions or symptoms.
- Services: Care, treatments, testing, checkups, equipment, supplies, and other ways your health care providers help you stay healthy.
Chiropractic care is the adjustment of your spine and neck to help relieve pain and support your body’s alignment. Your chiropractic services must be medically needed. Some services you can get are:
- New patient exam with your chiropractor
- Up to 20 spinal manipulations per year (manual, with or without use of activator or similar instruments)
- Up to 2 x-rays per year
If your chiropractor feels that you need further care beyond the listed services above, they will need to get Medicaid’s approval.
You can visit with your primary care provider to decide if you need chiropractic services and to find a chiropractor.
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