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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RE-ELECTED TO THE NBCE
by NBCE
5/7/2008 7:59:01 AM

The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) re-elected officers during the Board’s organizational meeting May 2, 2008 in Atlanta, GA. These officers form the NBCE Executive Committee.

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ACA to Chiropractic Licensing Boards: Help DCs Improve Documentation
by American Chiropractic Association
4/16/2008 9:23:59 AM

The American Chiropractic Association today announced that it has sent a letter to state chiropractic licensing boards urging them to ramp up continuing education programs aimed at improving Medicare documentation and reducing the number of claims errors.

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CCGPP Launches New Consensus Project
by Dr. Mark Dehen, CCGPP Chair
4/9/2008 3:44:37 PM

Over the last few years many of you have heard the cries of our fellow chiropractic practitioners in California over the revisions in their Workers Compensation system.

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Ohio Healthcare Simplification Act Signed In To Law
by Ohio State Medical Association
4/8/2008 11:28:30 AM

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed The Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) sponsored Healthcare Simplification Act (HB 125) in to law. The OSMA-sponsored bill will bring significant, positive changes to contracts between health insurers and physicians -- putting physicians on a more equal footing with the insurers.

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Palmer College Opens Center for Business Development
by Palmer College of Chiropractic
4/2/2008 7:15:20 AM

The Palmer Center for Business Development opened this spring on Palmer College of Chiropractic’s campus in Davenport, Iowa. The Center is designed to provide current students and new graduates with best practices in how to successfully run a business.

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U.S. Senate Committee: Doctors of Chiropractic Eligible for Federal Loan Repayment Program
by American Chiropractic Association
3/24/2008 9:03:14 PM

In a report to accompany legislation reauthorizing the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions made it abundantly clear that doctors of chiropractic are eligible to qualify for inclusion in the NHSC Loan Repayment program.

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DR. LARUSSO ELECTED TO NBCE BOARD
by NBCE
3/20/2008 9:14:00 AM

Salvatore D. LaRusso, D.C., of Wellington, Fla., was elected on March 8 by the board of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) to fill a vacancy in the roll of Director-At-Large.

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CMS Releases New ABN – Mandatory for Use Sept. 1, 2008
by CMS
3/15/2008 12:45:46 PM

Last week, CMS released a new Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form for use by Medicare providers.
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Northwestern Health Sciences University Students and Faculty Lobby for Change at State Capitol
by Northwestern Health Sciences University
3/15/2008 12:07:35 PM

About 200 students from Northwestern Health Sciences University lobbied on Feb. 21 at the state capitol in St. Paul for chiropractic health care issues. They joined Northwestern faculty members and chiropractors from the area.

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AMA Issues Correction to Impairment Ratings Guide After ACA Complaint
by American Chiropractic Association
3/10/2008 8:48:11 PM

he American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that it will issue a correction to all purchasers of its Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition, after ACA’s legal team questioned the legality of restrictive language related to evaluations by doctors of chiropractic and accused the AMA of violating the permanent Wilk injunction.

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House Introduces Resolution Calling for Immediate Commissioning of Chiropractors into Armed Forces
by American Chiropractic Association
3/10/2008 8:19:36 PM

U.S. Reps. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), Thelma Drake (R-Va.), Robert Brady (D-Penn.), and Ron Paul (R-Texas) have introduced a resolution, backed by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), that calls for immediate establishment of a career path for doctors of chiropractic as commissioned officers in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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CUOMO ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY-WIDE INVESTIGATION INTO HEALTH INSURERS’ FRAUDULENT REIMBURSEMENT SCHEME
by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo
2/13/2008 3:34:41 PM

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is conducting an industry-wide investigation into a scheme by health insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates.

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Risk of Vertebrobasilar Stroke and Chiropractic Care: Results of a Population-Based, Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study
by J David Cassidy, DC, PhD
2/5/2008 12:59:58 PM

A new study published in a Spine supplement discussing the findings of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders, and is part of the task force's six-years of work.
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UnitedHealthcare Rescinds Headache, Pediatric Policy
by American Chiropractic Associattion
2/5/2008 9:43:55 AM

Following an unprecedented profession-wide campaign led by the ACA, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has announced it will rescind its recent policy declaring chiropractic manipulative treatment for headaches and pediatric patients as unproven, and therefore, not a covered service.

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