ACA’s first Faculty Symposium takes place virtually on June 13, bringing together chiropractic college faculty members from around the country to learn and engage with their peers. The event – originally planned to take place at Keiser University in Florida – was...
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ACA Is Working to Expand Your CE Options
By Robert C. Jones, DC, ACA President During the past few weeks, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has been working to bring doctors of chiropractic information and resources that are crucial to navigating practice and business challenges presented by the...
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...
Use Time at Home to Earn Free CEs, Explore New Clinical Topics
Learn ACA offers 25% Spring Discount Even before the era of social distancing, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) committed to making education at home more accessible through a new online learning platform, Learn ACA. Now through Memorial Day, both ACA members...
Let’s Work Together to Protect and Serve Our Patients, Staff, Families and Communities
A Message from the ACA Board of Governors The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is committed to providing reliable information about chiropractic care as well as clarifying misinformation that may cause confusion. With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the...
Senate Approves Coronavirus Economic Relief Package
Provisions of interest to chiropractors address student loans, small business loans, employee retention, and individual rebates. By Meghan O'Brien March 30 Update: Just before midnight on March 25, the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...
Building Therapeutic Relationships Through Communication
By Kara Shannon, DC, and Robert Vining, DC Effective communication is a known factor in creating a strong therapeutic relationship.1 Therapeutic relationships can facilitate patient adherence to therapy, satisfaction with care and improved outcomes; they have also been associated with reduced...
Case Reviews: 7 Tips for Solving Unresponsive Problems
By Tim Bertelsman, DC While the majority of musculoskeletal cases respond quickly and favorably to conservative care, some conditions are less cooperative. When a patient is not meeting outcome goals, evidence-based chiropractors must be willing to abandon their familiar recipe,...
The Empowerment of a VA Residency
By Rebekah Wilks, DC As doctors of chiropractic, we graduate “practice-ready,” meaning that based on our rigorous training we are qualified to immediately enter the workforce. While this designation accurately reflects our training, is this the most beneficial approach for...
ACA Member Dr. Sherri LaShomb Selected to Support Athletes at Olympic Games in Tokyo
If you run into ACA member Sherri LaShomb, DC, of Lewiston, N.Y. these days, you might want to greet her with kon'nichiwa – Japanese for hello. LaShomb has been brushing up on her Japanese ever since learning that she was chosen to...
