By Cassie LaJeunesse Healthcare professionals are used to treating patients with comorbidities—simultaneous health conditions that can make patients more susceptible to further health problems. But ACA member Michael Ingui, DC, MAS, FIANM (pictured), shares that those comorbidities can be more...
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Addressing Social Health Disparities with Community-Focused Care
Healthcare professionals are used to treating patients with comorbidities—simultaneous health conditions that can make patients more susceptible to further health problems. But ACA member Michael Ingui, DC, MAS, FIANM (pictured), shares that those comorbidities can be more than what we...
Georgia DCs Envisioned Organization to Promote Evidence-based Care, Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Just over one year ago, a small group of chiropractors in Georgia set out to create a new organization of like-minded individuals committed to evidence-based practice and collaboration between DCs and the medical community. The group, which would come to...
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...
HIPAA Overview: Covered Information, Rules and Self-audits
Following is the first in a series of posts about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provided by the Compliancy Group, an ACA corporate partner and ACA’s preferred HIPAA solution. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known...
Strategic Plan: ACA Stays on Course During Pandemic Year
With the backdrop of a global pandemic, it is an understatement to say that the past year has presented a few challenges to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and its members. But what could have been a year lost has...
International Manual Therapies Conference Set for May 2022
The International Consortium on Manual Therapies (ICMT) and its conferences are for manual therapy practitioners with inquisitive minds who are not afraid of asking questions. The ICMT is for practitioners who are willing to work together, through the challenges of...
Rural Health Disparities and the Chiropractic Solution
Americans living in rural areas often have higher incidences of disease or disability, higher mortality rates and lower life expectancies, all of which indicate health disparities—differences in health when compared to the overall population. James J. Lehman, DC, MBA, recently presented a webinar titled “Rural...
Do You See ME? Ableism and Ageism in Health Care
Aging and disabled populations face special challenges in the healthcare arena, both as patients and as practitioners. To shed light on how doctors of chiropractic can work more effectively with these groups, Karen Konarski-Hart, DC, MSDPEM, FACO, FICC, DAAPM, will...
ACA’s Virtual Advocacy Day Boosts Support for Medicare Equality Bill
A virtual force of advocates landed on Capitol Hill May 6 for ACA’s Advocacy Day. About 350 doctors of chiropractic and students—armed with data as well as stories of patients who have benefitted from chiropractic care—entered the halls of Congress...
