In an exceptional effort, Joanne Nyiendo, Ph.D., one of chiropractic's top researchers, has refuted the SAIF report that was used to discredit the chiropractic profession in Oregon. Recently, they produced a 665-page report which detailed 1988 and 1989 provider payments. This report was especially critical to chiropractic care. The result of the SAIF report was a barrage of some of the most damaging publicity the chiropractic profession has ever seen.
Chiropractic claims are likely to remain open much longer too.
Oregon Business, October, 1989. Needless to say, this report and the anti-chiropractic publicity it created served to direct the political wrath of the Oregon legislature against chiropractic care. The real damage occurred when politicians considered ways to reduce the expenses of the ailing worker's compensation system. Oregon chiropractors lost most of their worker's comp reimbursement privileges. They have now been relegated to one month or twelve visits, whichever comes first.