Reports on Meetings with State Farm
The National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys (NACA) met in Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 26th for its mid-year meeting. The NACA is composed of attorneys who represent national and state chiropractic associations, as well as chiropractic colleges. Representatives from 21 states, the ICA, ACA, and chiropractic colleges attended the Montreal meeting.
The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) invited the NACA to send a representative to its October 23--24 "Guideline Development Planning Conference," and proposed that the association contribute $1,000 as a conference sponsor. The NACA voted to send a representative, but voted not to contribute money as a conference sponsor.
NACA also voted to send representatives, if the association is invited, to a conference on practice parameters which the ICA may organize.
The results of meetings between the NACA and regional State Farm representatives were discussed during the Montreal meeting. Last June, State Farm invited NACA representatives to meet at the insurance company's national headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois to discuss issues relating to chiropractic. State Farm and NACA representatives agreed to encourage meetings between chiropractic state associations and regional representatives of State Farm to develop a better working relationship. The insurance company also devoted its December newsletter to chiropractic concerns.
The NACA had mixed results to report in their meetings with regional State Farm representatives over the past year, but the regional meetings are still continuing.
Other topics discussed at the NACA meeting included: creation of a clearinghouse of chiropractic law information; development of evaluation and management codes and their effect on chiropractic; managed care plans; peer review; and dual fee schedules.
The 1993 annual NACA meeting will be held November 12--14 in San Francisco, California.
