2020 Virtual Express Convention // Speakers

Did you know a new Michigan law requires you to inform a patient if you are not a provider in their network? Did you know there are changes to E/M guidelines on the horizon? Join MAC Insurance Director Carl Alden for this in-depth view of everything your practice needs to know going into next year!

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. Carl has served the chiropractic profession for nearly 25 years. 

The speaker for this course will focus on non-surgical spinal decompression (NSSD). He will focus on the epidemiology of low back pain (LBP), risks of surgical options, and the history and evolution of NSSD by discussing the technologies that have been in the market since 1991. Next, he will examine the clinical research on NSSD that has been published, as well as research to come. He will discuss multiple ideas and strategies to bridge the gap between the medical community and chiropractic, utilizing NSSD. Finally, full training for treating chronic LBP utilizing non-surgical spinal decompression.

Sponsored by Excite Medical.

Saleem Musallam began his career working for a Fortune 500 company and a mid-size medical device organization prior to founding Excite Medical. He is a healthcare entrepreneur that has traveled across the United States and to more than 50 foreign countries, providing training and supplying his company’s non-surgical spinal decompression equipment. As a result, Excite Medical’s technologies are utilized in more than 1,000 healthcare centers in the U.S. alone and have treated over a million patients suffering from herniated/bulging discs and degenerative disc disease. He possesses a strong passion for bringing awareness of validated alternative medicine options to the traditional medical community. Mr. Musallam is an expert in non-surgical spinal decompression with more than 16 years of experience in the field. Throughout his work history, he has traveled across the globe participating in health conferences and training medical doctors, chiropractors, and physical therapists on the clinical benefits of this technology.