The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has long been a partner in the fight against opioid misuse by promoting and encouraging the utilization of safe, effective and proven non-drug approaches to pain management, such as chiropractic care. In 2016, the ACA...
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New Dry Needling Codes Included in CPT 2020
By Leo Bronston, DC, Chair, Coding Advisory Board, and Kris Anderson, DC, MS, ACA’s alternate representative to the AMA RUC Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee. The American Medical Association (AMA) announced in September the release of the 2020 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set...
Billing for Dry Needling Services (Needle Insertion Without Injection)
By Anthony W. Hamm, DC, MS Dry needling has become an accepted procedure for the management of myofascial trigger points, offering a viable option to pain medications and surgical intervention. The procedure can also be applied to specific muscle motor...
Highlights from National Chiropractic Health Month 2019
By Annette Bernat With October past and National Chiropractic Health Month 2019 behind us, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s “Strength. Stability. Success.” campaign, raising public awareness of the importance of...
ICSC Spotlight: An Osteopathic Physician Discusses His Approach to Cervical Spine Manipulation
The Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC), set for Nov. 8-9 in Pittsburgh, Pa., will bring together members of the chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and physical therapy professions to tackle topics related to manual therapy and its use in treating low back pain...
It’s National Chiropractic Health Month: Let’s Get Started!
It’s October…National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM) is here! This year, NCHM focuses on how musculoskeletal (MSK) health leads to strength, stability and ultimately the success of a life lived more fully and actively. The 2019 campaign, “Strength. Stability. Success.”, offers the public steps to take toward...
Introducing the 2019-2020 VA Chiropractic Residents
A new cohort of residents has joined the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system’s Chiropractic Residency Program this fall. Several chiropractors participating in the program will continue ACA’s blog series on the residencies over the next year, sharing their experiences and...
Dr. Christine Goertz to Join Duke Health Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Christine Goertz, DC, PhD will be joining Duke Health’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in October 2019 as a professor and director of system development and coordination for spine health. As the American Chiropractic Association’s (ACA) senior scientific advisor, she has...
ICSC Spotlight: Tightening the Knowledge Translation Gap
The Interprofessional Collaborative Spine Conference (ICSC), taking place Nov. 8-9 in Pittsburgh, Pa., will bring together members of the chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and physical therapy professions to tackle topics related to manual therapy and its use in treating low back pain...
Paving the Way to Practice (Part 1)
NextGen members offer their best advice to chiropractic students. As chiropractic students get ready to graduate and enter the workforce, eager to make their mark in an ever-evolving healthcare world and help patients get well, it's normal for them to...
