DCs appointed to CPT Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee

Two American Chiropractic Association (ACA) DCs have been appointed to the American Medical Association’s CPT Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC), which maintains the code set used for billing across the healthcare industry.

Della M. Schmid, DC, MS, is the ACA’s appointee to the HCPAC. Morgan Price, DC, will serve as her alternate.

What the committee does

Members of the CPT Advisory Committee, which includes HCPAC, serve as resources to the CPT Editorial Panel, which maintains the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code set used across the healthcare industry to report procedures and services and to process claims. HCPAC members represent limited-license practitioners and other allied health professionals, providing advice on procedure coding and terminology relevant to their specialty.

“Dr. Schmid and Dr. Price are well prepared to represent the chiropractic profession on AMA’s HCPAC advisory board,” said ACA President Marc Nynas, DC. “We are excited to have them join ACA’s efforts to ensure that services provided by doctors of chiropractic are represented accurately through the CPT codes.”

Schmid, of Newtown, Connecticut, has been in private practice for more than 30 years and has engaged in a variety of health and athletic events in support of her community. She previously served as a chiropractic consultant for Leeway Hospital in New Haven.

Price, of Seattle, Washington, is a staff DC for the Veterans Administration (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System and also serves as an expert witness in medical legal record review.

Both participated in ACA’s Health Policy Fellowship, a program launched last year to prepare the next generation of chiropractic coding and documentation advocates. The one-year fellowship educates individuals in ACA’s health policy and coding activities while enhancing the organization’s capacity to contribute to national health policy initiatives and collaborate with external healthcare organizations.

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About the American Chiropractic Association

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is the largest professional chiropractic organization in the United States. ACA attracts the most principled and accomplished chiropractors, who understand that it takes more to be called an ACA chiropractor. We are leading our profession in the most constructive and far-reaching ways – by working hand in hand with other health care professionals, by lobbying for pro-chiropractic legislation and policies, by supporting meaningful research and by using that research to inform our treatment practices. We also provide professional and educational opportunities for all our members and are committed to being a positive and unifying force for the practice of modern chiropractic. Visit acatoday.org.