Angies List Rating Chiropractors

Some people are making a list and checking it twice — Angie’s List, that is. And they are checking it for reports on chiropractors, medical doctors, dentists, hospitals, and urgent-care centers.

Angie’s List is a word-of-mouth network of consumers who submit reports and rate local businesses. Until recently, reports covered many different categories, ranging from accountants to wrought-iron fabricators. Businesses do not pay to be on the list.

Cheryl Reed with Angie’s List told Chiropractic Economics that the company only added “medical providers” as a category a few weeks ago. She said, “We’ve been collecting reports on healthcare providers for a just few weeks now and have had overwhelming response nationwide across all healthcare categories ... Part of our service — which is unique to most other ratings services — is that we have human review of each report before it’s posted. So the reports don’t appear instantly; we first ensure they meet our guidelines.”

Reed cited Portland, Ore., and Columbus, Ohio, as having the most medical reports. Each listed reviews of seven DCs listed. All the DCs received an “A” grade.