Fighting for Medicare Equality
The American Chiropractic Association has announced it 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." The ACA initiative is intended to generate grassroots patient support that would compel Congress to define doctors of chiropractic as physicians under Section 1861 of the Social Security Act for existing Medicare-covered services performed by DCs as part of their state-determined scope of practice.
The ACA is encouraging DCs and chiropractic patients to support the campaign by signing a "National Medicare Equality Petition" which will be sent to the White House and Congress. You can access this petition and forward it to your patients by clicking here.
"Studies have shown that essential services provided by chiropractic physicians can help aging Americans live healthier lives, yet every day our nation's seniors are being unjustly denied reimbursement for Medicare-covered services by chiropractic physicians that could improve their quality of life," commented ACA President Dr. Anthony Hamm in announcing the Medicare initiative.
Cleveland – KC Appointment
Dr. Gery Hochanadel is the new vice president of academic affairs at Cleveland University – Kansas City as of Oct. 1. Dr. Hochanadel, the former provost of Parker University, has extensive experience in education administration and accreditation.
