The Joint Corp..
JYNT.US | Medical and dental practice activities
The Joint Corp. is a franchisor and operator of chiropractic clinics in the United States. The company focuses on providing affordable and convenient chiropractic care through a membership-based model. Its clinics offer consultations, examinations, and adjustments performed by licensed chiropractors...Show More
Better Health for All
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The company's core service, chiropractic care, is presented as delivering substantial health benefits, with studies indicating 94% of patients experience at least a 30% pain reduction and a 90% decreased odds of opioid use for low back pain when seeing a chiropractor first.
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The company's revenue is not associated with established negative health outcomes. The company's adverse event rate is approximately 1.16 per million patient visits, based on 17 patients affected by a serious incident involving a chiropractor at one facility and 14.7 million patient visits in 2024.
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The company offers a membership model with a monthly fee of $69 for four adjustments, and additional adjustments for $10 each.
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However, no evidence is provided regarding the relationship between these prices and production cost, or the reach of discount programs. While the company's services are described as emphasizing preventative care, no specific percentage of health-related expenditure allocated to prevention is provided.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess The Joint Corp. on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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No evidence available to assess The Joint Corp. on Fair Pay & Worker Respect.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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The Joint Corp. operates as a franchisor and operator of chiropractic clinics, primarily providing a service.
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The provided articles, including the 2022 Form 10-K report and franchise agreements, focus on financial performance, corporate governance, and operational details. No information was found regarding fair trade certifications, supplier audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed for violations, ethical clauses in supplier contracts, spend on high-risk materials, or supplier diversity initiatives.
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Given the company's service-based nature and the absence of relevant data, all KPIs related to fair trade and ethical sourcing are scored as N/A.
Honest & Fair Business
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The company had two financial restatements, and incurred $0.4 million in restatement costs in 2023.
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Additionally, material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting were identified in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2022.
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The company has also faced regulatory inquiries and administrative proceedings in multiple states regarding its business model, quality of care, and advertising issues, including an undisclosed emergency doctor/whistleblower suspension in Texas.
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Kind to Animals
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No evidence available to assess The Joint Corp. on Kind to Animals.
No War, No Weapons
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The Joint Corp. has no involvement in controversial weapons, military contracting, or small arms.
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As a company operating chiropractic clinics, its core business has no defense or arms-related activities, and it does not develop or sell dual-use products. Consequently, there is no defense business for its board to oversee, no dual-use portfolio to screen, no need for ethical red lines related to weapons, and no defense assets to divest. There is also no exposure to controversial weapons, and no applicable ethical red lines for its business model related to war or weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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No data relevant to planet-friendly business practices, including environmental, social, or governance (ESG) metrics, was found in the provided articles for The Joint Corp.
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All articles either explicitly stated a lack of ESG data or indicated that the content could not be accessed or summarized.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles to assess JYNT.US against the quantitative thresholds for any of the KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. While articles mention partnerships with educational institutions
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and a non-profit (Rachel's Challenge)
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, these do not align with the specific definitions or quantitative tiers for 'formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups' or other KPIs in the rubric. Similarly, mentions of scholarships or donations to universities
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do not directly map to 'revenue reinvested in local community development' or 'charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations' as defined by the rubric's strict criteria, nor is a percentage of revenue provided for any such activities.
Safe & Smart Tech
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The company outlines patient rights to inspect, amend, and restrict the use of medical information, and to receive an accounting of disclosures.
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It also states user rights to access, update, and delete information, and to opt-out of marketing communications, with a request response time of 45 calendar days, extendable to 90 days.
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The company retains user data for a period of 3 years after user cessation.
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The Joint Corp. is compliant with HIPAA, including attestation for the HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Breach Notification requirements, and operates in compliance with GDPR, FDA, CCPA, and TJC.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No specific, quantitative data related to waste diversion rates, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design principles, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability, waste audit frequency, zero waste certification, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging-to-product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education for The Joint Corp. (JYNT.US) was found in the provided articles.
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