September 2005

ACA elects new officers at annual meeting

At its annual House of Delegates (HOD) meeting, September 21-24, in St. Paul, Minn., the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) elected new leaders, approved policies to help shape the profession’s future, and welcomed its news executive vice president, Kevin P. Corcoran.

Richard Brassard, DC, president of Texas Chiropractic College, was elected president of the ACA, and Lewis Bazakos, DC, of Valley Stream, N.Y., current governor of District 4, was elected chair of the Board of Governors. Brassard succeeds outgoing president Donald Krippendorf, DC, of St. Petersburg, Fla., who will remain on the Board of Governors as immediate past president.

Bazakos succeeds outgoing chair George McClelland, DC, who stepped down after 25 years of service to the House of Delegates. Glenn Manceaux, DC, of Houma, La., was elected vice president of the ACA and the third member of the executive committee.

Kevin P. Corcoran, CAE, officially took the reins as ACA’s new executive vice president. Corcoran succeeds Garrett F. Cuneo, who is retiring after 10 years with the ACA. Cuneo was named ACA’s “Humanitarian of the Year.”

Daryl D. Wills, former ACA president and long-time Nebraska delegate, was named the ACA’s “Chiropractor of the Year.” Other business included the ratification of resolutions on chiropractic issues, including the following:

In the wake of the recent Inspector General report alleging a large number of errors in Medicare claims based on inadequate documentation by doctors of chiropractic, the HOD resolved to declare improved documentation a priority in the profession.

The resolution directs ACA to work with state boards and state chiropractic associations nationwide to encourage better documentation through continuing education programs and other means.

The HOD also passed a resolution endorsing the concept of the national public education campaign initiated by the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) and resolved to offer the expertise of the ACA communications department in the development and promotion of the campaign.

Source: American Chiropractic Association: www.acatoday.com

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