Your National Chiropractic Health Month Quick-Start Guide

September 19, 2023

We are just days away from the start of National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM) 2023 on Oct. 1. Take a moment to tour this year’s NCHM toolkit and determine how you, your practice, your organization or your business will participate....

Resources Supporting Person-Centered Care

September 12, 2023

Person-centered care is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences and needs, ensuring patient values guide all clinical decisions.(1) Person-centeredness principles are core elements of chiropractic care. For example, the American Chiropractic Association’s Code of Ethics includes several tenets...

When, Why and How to Retire: ACA Members Weigh In

August 29, 2023

Retirement can be an exciting but challenging time in the life of a doctor of chiropractic. There are so many considerations and steps that go into retirement; it can seem overwhelming. The ACA Blog reached out to retired and retiring...

Time to ‘Resume’ Pursuit of Your NCHM Proclamation

August 22, 2023

Have you started on your National Chiropractic Health Month 2023 proclamation yet? The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) encourages everyone who would like to obtain a state or local proclamation in time for October to start the process soon. With the...

Offering a Choice: A Double Benefit? Paternalism vs. Person Centered Care

August 6, 2023

Modern healthcare grew from a paternalistic model, which simply put, means providers make healthcare decisions for patients. Paternalism is based on an underlying assumption that providers are the most capable of making decisions that generate the best clinical outcomes. An...

ACA Focus on Education Leads to Lower Medicare Documentation Error Rates

July 11, 2023

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has taken great strides in the past several years to help chiropractors improve Medicare documentation by providing resources aimed at bringing down error rates that could lead to improper payments. According to government records, these...