Having a Licensed Chiropractic Assistant on staff can strengthen your team & improve your practice!
A Licensed CA provides chiropractors with a valuable opportunity to provide enhanced patient care. In 2018, New Jersey became the first state to fully license CAs, creating a new career path that allows chiropractic physicians to expand their practices. Licensed chiropractic assistants (LCA) are allowed to perform certain tasks that only licensed chiropractic physicians could previously perform, such as:
- Performing manual muscle tests and general orthopedic and neurologic tests.
- Applying thermal, sound, light, mechanical and electrical modalities and hydrotherapy.
- Instructing and monitoring prescribed rehabilitative activities.
- Taking vital signs and collecting health histories, among other tasks.
The ANJC has an exclusive partnership with the Northeast College of Health Sciences to provide this Licensed Chiropractic Assistant Training Program.
- The program includes the 120-hour educational component of the 500-hour Board requirement for New Jersey LCA licensure application.
- The program is designed as a 12-18-month course of study, and the approximate cost is $1,500-$1,600, including the training course, the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ application fee, and additional required materials.
- A candidate should be able to complete all the required training within 1-2 years.
Having an LCA on staff expands patient volume, allowing an office to provide more care and build revenue.
ANJC members who have invested in training and hiring an LCA have found they are an integral part of their team—increasing patient satisfaction and improving employee retention.
“The Licensed Chiropractic Assistants on my staff have a greater level of training and are able to perform many different therapies, except to adjust & take an x-ray. They are an integral part of my team, directly contributing to an improved level of service our patients truly appreciate. Our high level of patient satisfaction has greatly increased the number of referrals we see.”
-Dr. Jim Campbell, Campbell Chiropractic Center, East Brunswick
“Licensed Chiropractic Assistants have been an invaluable asset to my practice(s). They free up the doctor by performing patient updates, overseeing rehab exercises, and, most importantly, administering e-stim and therapy modalities to patients. The entire practice wins having LCAs as part of the paraprofessional staff. LCAs are part of the treatment team, and patients benefit from their interaction and commitment.”
-Dr. Victor Rossi, Spine One Chiropractic Center, Atlantic County
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