Through the efforts of its Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has updated many of its coding and documentation guidance resources in recent years with review and approval from the American Medical Association (AMA). That’s important...
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ACA Focus on Education Leads to Lower Medicare Documentation Error Rates
For the last several years, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has taken great strides in helping chiropractors improve Medicare documentation by providing resources aimed at bringing down error rates that could lead to improper payments. According to government records, these...
Evidence-based Advocacy: Advancing Chiropractic Through Coding and Documentation
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) advocates for the chiropractic profession not only in the halls of Congress, but also at the tables where regulatory and other issues relevant to chiropractic practice are discussed and decided. One of the most important...
ACA Updates Coding Guidance for Evaluation and Management on Same Day as CMT
Arlington, Va. — The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has updated its coding guidance for doctors of chiropractic when providing evaluation and management (E/M) services on the same date as chiropractic manipulative treatment (CMT). ACA’s white paper on the topic, available...
ACA Chiropractors Appointed to CPT Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee
Arlington, Va. – American Chiropractic Association (ACA) member Della M. Schmid, DC, MS, has been appointed to the American Medical Association’s CPT Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (HCPAC). ACA member Morgan Price, DC, will serve as her alternate. Members of...
‘Behind the Curtain’ with Health Policy Fellow Dr. Morgan Price
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) launched a Health Policy Fellowship one year ago to educate doctors of chiropractic about health policy, coding and other complex issues and to prepare them to advocate on behalf of the profession. As part of...
ACA Launches Fellowship to Prepare Future Health Policy Experts
Arlington, Va. -- The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has launched a Health Policy Fellowship to educate doctors of chiropractic about health policy, coding and other complex issues and to prepare them to advocate on behalf of the chiropractic profession in...
American Medical Association Appoints Chiropractor to CPT Editorial Panel
Arlington, Va. – American Chiropractic Association (ACA) member Leo Bronston, DC, MAppSc, of Onalaska, Wis., has been appointed by the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees to serve on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial Panel. Dr. Bronston will...
E/M Services, Modifier 25 and Chiropractic: Binding Standards vs. Best Practices
In recent years, healthcare providers of many specialties have experienced substantial reimbursement challenges related to Modifier 25. From pre-payment audits to fee reductions when modifier 25 is used, third-party payers across the United States have recently embraced a wide variety...
National Practice Expenses Survey Will Include Chiropractors
Arlington, Va. -- The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is joining more than 170 healthcare groups in support of a national study to collect data that will be used to accurately determine physician practice expenses. Information collected through the Physician Practice...
