The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) received news recently that the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) discovered inappropriate Medicare payments to chiropractors between 2013-2016 caused by a delay on the part of CMS to implement claims processing edits that...
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Despite Obstacles NCLC 2018’s Advocates Boost Chiropractic on Capitol Hill
Regular attendees of ACA’s National Chiropractic Leadership Conference (NCLC) have learned to expect nature to play a supporting role during this action-packed event, and this year did not disappoint. With wind storms topping out at more than 70 mph, and...
Collaboration for Low Back Pain Treatment in Older Adults
Part of the Evidence in Action series by Palmer College of Chiropractic The inclusion of chiropractic practitioners into various collaborative health systems has increased over the past decade, including: Onsite health clinics at large corporations such as Facebook and Google...
Chiropractic’s Quest for Full Physician Status in Medicare: A Brief History
October is National Chiropractic Health Month, a fitting designation as on Oct. 30, 1972, President Nixon signed into law H.R. 1, the Social Security Amendments of 1972, ending three years of deliberations on what would improve the program. What the...
MACRA and MIPS: Getting the Big Picture
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) officially ushered in the value-based model of reimbursement, beginning a change to the payment landscape of American health care. But what does this mean to providers? What does it mean...
Election 2016: What It Means for Chiropractic
With a new Congress and a new presidential administration about to begin, there will be many changes and opportunities ahead for the chiropractic profession. Following is a short summary of the congressional transition, and what it may mean to us...
ACA Responds to OIG Report on Chiropractic Documentation in Medicare
ACA President David A. Herd, DC, issued the following statement in response to the HHS Office of the Inspector General’s latest report on chiropractic documentation: “The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is committed to reducing waste and improving the quality of...
National Campaign Launched for Medicare Equality: ACA Seeks Full Physician Status in Program
Arlington, Va. - The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has launched a national grassroots effort to eliminate a blatantly anti-competitive provision of Medicare law that arbitrarily limits reimbursement for medically necessary services delivered by doctors of chiropractic (DCs). The statutory change...
Federal Report Outlines Chiropractic Medicare Documentation Deficiencies
Arlington, Va. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on Medicare documentation by doctors of chiropractic (DCs) that put a spotlight on an all-too-familiar issue: that a...
Senate Clears Legislation to Prevent Medicare Payment Cuts
Chiropractic documentation education, new quality-reporting incentives included in measure Arlington, Va. - The U.S. Senate, following the earlier lead of the House, late last night passed a long-awaited "permanent fix" to the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula used to...
