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Something to prove: Keeping up with the latest in healthcare legislation

Kathy Mills Chang, MCS-P November 18, 2015

Practice Central | Small gains in healthcare legislation mean it’s time to get compliant, not complacent. If your documentation is currently haphazard, incomplete or, as happens more often than we like to think, nonexistent, you have a chance to fix it before the pre-authorization requirements kick in. Clearly, the time to get educated is now.

ACA joins broad provider coalition opposing anti-patient legislation

Chiropractic Economics Staff May 1, 2015

The coalition believes that patients benefit by having accurate information about, and greater access to, a wide range of healthcare services performed by the professionals educated, trained, and licensed or certified to perform those needed services.

Legislation introduced to further integrate DCs in military, VA healthcare systems

Chiropractic Economics Staff February 11, 2015

February 11, 2015 — At the urging of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), two new bipartisan bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to further incorporate doctors of chiropractic (DCs) into the nation’s military and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems. Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) introduced H.R. […]

Congress hopes to revive reform legislation for Medicare payment formula

Chiropractic Economics November 4, 2013

November 4, 2013 — The Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee are releasing a joint draft framework to replace how Medicare pays physicians — hoping to create momentum for fixing a perennial issue by the end of this year. Committee members hope the bicameral, bipartisan framework will prompt Congress to act and […]

Legislation to further integrate chiropractic services introduced in Congress

Chiropractic Economics Staff March 21, 2013

March 21, 2013 — The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) announced that its work with key congressional supporters has resulted in several important pieces of pro-chiropractic legislation being introduced in the 113th U.S. Congress. These bills, if enacted into law, would increase patient access to the services provided by chiropractic physicians. The first legislative initiative, the […]

Recent legislation could make Arizona ‘the algae state’

Chiropractic Economics Staff May 12, 2012

May 12, 2012 — Algae are among the fastest growing organisms on earth. Recent legislation in Arizona, though, has given algae a run for its money. Arizona is just the second American state, after Ohio, to classify the algae industry as agriculture. Officials at Algae Biosciences Inc. are thrilled with a recent bipartisan decision in […]

Arizona Chiropractic Society calls for informed consent legislation

Chiropractic Economics May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011 — The May 12, 2011 issue of the Arizona Republic reported the following: “Despite the results of a recent major clinical trial that demonstrated conclusively that good medical therapy is just as effective as balloon angioplasty or coronary artery bypass surgery for treating stable coronary disease, fewer than half of cardiologists use […]

Landmark legislation passes Texas Senate

Chiropractic Economics April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011 — The Texas Chiropractic Association (TCA) reports that Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1001. “This landmark legislation is significant for two reasons: It allows chiropractors to form professional associations with medical doctors, and it ensures that chiropractors will be treated fairly by insurance companies that decide to […]

Senate passes legislation to exempt healthcare providers from Red Flags Rule

Chiropractic Economics December 6, 2010

December 6, 2010 — The Red Flags Rule requires creditors and certain businesses to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs to help identify, detect and respond to patterns, practices or specific activities that could indicate identity theft. The applicability of the rule to healthcare providers has been debated over the past several months. The […]

Legislation introduced to include chiropractors in U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Chiropractic Economics August 6, 2010

August 6, 2010 — The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) today commended Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) and Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) for introducing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that calls for the appointment of doctors of chiropractic (DCs) as officers in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) […]

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