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PCPs oriented toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) rather than surgical and pharmaceutical intervention demonstrated reductions both in clinical and cost utilization compared with colleagues who used conventional medicine only, according to a study published last year in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.1 The findings suggest that involving doctors of chiropractic (DC) as PCPs in a capitated model can decrease costs while maintaining quality outcomes, according to lead author Richard L. Sarnat, MD, president of Alternative Medicine Integration (AMI) Group, LP, of Highland Park, IL.