With the recent passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), report language accompanying the legislation included vital support for expansion of chiropractic services for civilian members who access the Department of Defense (DoD) health care delivery system known...
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Congressional Recess Starts, Kicking Off Virtual Constituent Outreach Sessions
August Recess Provides Opportunity for DCs to Meet, Talk to Representatives About H.R. 2654 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are slated to head home to their districts and states starting July 30. The start of the...
ACA Announces Legislative Priorities for the 117th Congress
With the new year and the first session of the 117th Congress now underway, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is ready to tackle several important legislative issues on behalf of ACA members, patients and the chiropractic profession. The ACA Legislative Committee...
UPDATED: Bipartisan COVID-19 Relief Package Contains Tax Fix, More Resources for Chiropractors
In a COVID-19 relief and federal spending package passed earlier this week by a bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers, several important items that the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) lobby team has been pushing for have been included...
Congress Poised to Address Provider Nondiscrimination Before End of Year
In 2009-2010, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) was heavily involved in procuring a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that would end the blatant discrimination doctors of chiropractic and other providers encountered from insurance companies and...
Feds Simplify Forgiveness Process on Small PPP Loans
Recently, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a simplified forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under $50,000. The simplified form cuts the application’s size down from five pages to two and removes most of the questions...
CMS Finalizes Price Transparency Rule; ACA Looks to Rein in Insurance Inequities
On Thursday, Oct. 29, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled final policies aimed at increasing price transparency in the healthcare system. The new rule will require health insurers to provide patients with complete pricing information prior to...
Congressional Recess Starts, Kicking Off Virtual Constituent Outreach Sessions
August recess provides 0pportunity for DCs to meet and talk to representatives on H.R. 3654. By John Falardeau Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are slated to head home to their districts and states on July 31....
H.R. 3654 Turns One (But Time to Celebrate Is Short)
This Thursday, July 9, marks one year since the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (H.R. 3654) was introduced in Congress. To celebrate, ACA Blogs checked in with ACA's top lobbyist John Falardeau (pictured) to see how far we have come in generating support...
Questions About the Medicare Economic Stimulus and Other Thoughts
By John Falardeau Recently, Medicare providers, including chiropractors, who filed claims in 2019 discovered that funds were distributed automatically to their checking accounts. These are payments, not loans, to healthcare providers and will not need to be repaid. Since the...
