Rondberg named to DoD committee

Terry A. Rondberg, DC, president of the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) has been invited to serve on the Department of Defense (DoD) Chiropractic Advisory Committee, which will help establish the protocol for making chiropractic services available to active duty military personne

In extending the invitation, Richard A. Mayo, deputy director of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Health Affairs, told Rondberg, “I believe you will be able to contribute advice and recommendations regarding the continued development and implementation of an effective program of chiropractic health care benefits for members of the uniformed services on active duty.”

“The World Chiropractic Alliance has worked closely with Congressional and military leadership for years to make sure chiropractic is available to active duty military personnel as well as to our nation’s veterans,” Rondberg stated. “This will be a great opportunity for the organization to continue its effort to ensure that chiropractic is not limited to neuromusculoskeletal conditions or restricted through the use of a medical gatekeeper system.”

One of the primary concerns for Rondberg is the possibility that the DoD will institute a gatekeeper procedure similar to the one recommended for the Veterans Affairs Health System, which requires a medical referral for most veterans to receive chiropractic care.

The WCA fought that recommendation but it passed when the majority of the VA Advisory Committee voted in favor of it. Rondberg also wants to seek inclusion of chiropractic care for subluxation correction as a part of the chiropractic services offered to military personnel under the DoD program. “I think it is important that DCs be allowed to provide care for those suffering from any and all neuromusculoskeletal conditions, but it is equally important that the men and women who serve in our military be permitted to benefit from the unique chiropractic service of subluxation correction, which can have a direct impact on their general health and well being.”

Source: World Chiropractic Alliance, www.worldchiropracticalliance.org

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