New York's highest court of appeals has held that no-fault insurers cannot deny no-fault benefits where they unilaterally determine that a provider has committed misconduct based upon alleged fraudulent conduct. The Court held that this authority belongs solely to state regulators, specifically New York's Board of Regents, which oversees professional licensing and discipline. This follows a similar recent ruling in Florida reported in this publication.
Research
$1.2 million funded by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research for a study on low back pain at UCLA.
It's in the Mail
The Canadian postal service will be printing three chiropractic stamps:
- DD Palmer's 150 birthday
- chiropractic's centennial
- 50 years of chiropractic education in Canada
International Symposium in Brazil
Chiropractic will have the opportunity to introduce itself and educate the Brazilian scientific and medical communities at the 1st International Symposium on Pain May 25-28 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.