October 2004

Medicare ‘frequency limits’ put on hold

The proposed CMS schedule capping frequency visits on chiropractic for Medicare recipients has been put on hold. According to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has halted the schedule that was to have gone into effect Oct. 1. The policy guidance will be reviewed.

ACA, together with the Iowa Chiropractic Society (ICS) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC), has been working to defeat the CMS “frequency limit” proposal since it was announced last May. In recent weeks, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and other pro-chiropractic members of Congress joined this effort and urged Secretary Thompson to take immediate corrective action.

ACA now expects that HHS will release an updated policy transmittal to Medicare carriers, a document that will be thoroughly reviewed by the ACA, ICS and ACC.

Source: American Chiropractic Association, www.amerchiro.org

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