Keynote speaker and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt emphasized chiropractic’s role in making the country’s healthcare system more efficient and cost-effective. He urged attendees to talk with their legislators about chiropractic’s patient-centered practices and the preventative benefits of chiropractic care.

Chiropractic Summit VIII took place in conjunction with NCLC on Feb. 24. Nearly 45 partners came to unanimous agreement on issues of finance, communications, government relations activity, and improvement of clinical documentation.

First convened in September 2007, the Chiropractic Summit represents leadership from more than 40 organizations within the profession. With the common goal of advancing chiropractic, the Summit meets regularly to collaborate, seek solutions, and support collective action to address challenges facing the profession.     

Each year NCLC is held in conjunction with an official business meeting of the ACA House of Delegates (HOD). ACA President Dr. Rick McMichael presided over both meetings.

During the HOD meeting, ACA reaffirmed its position on informed consent. It is ACA’s position that there is no substitute for a confidential, in-person discussion between a doctor and a patient. Each patient has his or her own individual questions and circumstances that deserve individual attention.

Furthermore, the HOD approved guidelines on pre-payment arrangements that aim to educate doctors of chiropractic and to help them make informed decisions before entering into such contracts.

A selection of photographs from the four-day meeting can be found on the ACA Web site at https://www.acatoday.org/Gallery/.

Source: American Chiropractic Association, www.acatoday.org