The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Sept. 10 to approve a plan to restore chiropractic services at more than a dozen U.S. military bases where services have been arbitrarily discontinued. The action is consistent with the Defense Health Agency’s...
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ACA Welcomes Dr. Brandy Spaulding to Its Policy and Advocacy Team
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is excited to announce that Brandy Spaulding, DC, will join its staff team as vice president of health policy and advocacy. Dr. Spaulding brings a wealth of experience from her six-year tenure as executive director...
Chiropractor Appointed to PCORI Research Advisory Panel
Arlington, Va. — American Chiropractic Association (ACA) member Zachary Cupler, DC, MS, of Butler County, Pa., has been appointed to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science (CEDS) for a three-year term. PCORI...
Supreme Court Gives Judges More Power to Review Agency Rules
In a decision rendered on June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the power of federal agencies to implement laws passed by Congress, a verdict that overturned a 40-year precedent that required judges to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous...
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...
2022 Opioid Prescribing Guideline Acknowledges Value and Barriers to Non-drug Treatments for Pain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week released its 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain. CDC offers clinicians 12 recommendations for treating acute, subacute and chronic pain, providing specific guidance for the use...
Chiropractic Medicare Modernization Bill Surpasses 150 Cosponsors
The Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act reached a milestone recently by surpassing 150 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill (H.R. 2654), which has received strong bipartisan support since it was introduced in 2021 by Rep. Brian Higgins...
A Senate Bill Has Been Introduced… What Does That Mean?
On Thursday, April 7, just before a two-week congressional recess, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined by his colleagues Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), introduced S. 4042, the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act, a bipartisan...
What Does Research Reveal About Chiropractic Costs?
Those who have listened to me speak about the evolution of chiropractic research over the past 30 years may have already heard me talk about the questions that I am asked most frequently by policy makers regarding what we do...
New Rule on AHPs Could Lead to a ‘Race to the Bottom’ Market for Health Plans
On June 19, the U.S. Department of Labor released a long-awaited final rule expanding the availability of alternative insurance plans that do not need to meet the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s benefit requirements. The rule was handed down despite deep...
