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Congress Passes Bill Delaying Medicare Cut
by The American Chiropractic Association
12/23/2011 1:50:10 PM
Earlier this morning, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed legislation extending a Social Security tax cut, which included a provision that delays--for two months--the 27.4 percent cut in reimbursement to Medicare providers, including doctors of chiropractic. The president is expected to sign the bill immediately.
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H. William Wolfson, DC Named ACA 2011 Delegate of the Year
by NYSCA Staff Writer
9/26/2011 9:35:28 AM
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) recently honored Long Island resident H. William Wolfson, DC, with its prestigious 2011 Delegate of the Year award during the association’s annual House of Delegates meeting in Portland, OR.
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NYCC’s Frank J. Nicchi Earns NYSCA’s Highest Award at Homecoming Ceremony
by New York State Chiropractic Association
8/2/2011 6:13:03 PM
Seneca Falls: New York State Chiropractic Association past-president Dr. Mariangela Penna presented NYCC President Dr. Frank J. Nicchi with the association’s highest honor, the Ernest G. Napolitano Award, during the College’s Homecoming weekend attended by more than 430 alumni, students and members of the faculty.
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Government Report Notes Benefits of Spinal Manipulation
by NYSCA Staff Writer
6/24/2011 3:45:34 PM
The National Prevention Council (NPC), recently called for the development of a National Prevention Strategy to outline goals and recommendations for improving health and wellness for all Americans. The National Prevention Strategy highlights several preventative measures throughout the report including alternative therapies for back and neck pain.
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Health Maintenance Care in Work-Related Low Back Pain and Its Association With Disability Recurrence
by Cifuentes, Manuel MD, PhD; Willetts, Joanna MS; Wasiak, Radoslaw PhD, MA, MSc
6/24/2011 3:29:37 PM
A new study published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine title “Health Maintenance Care in Work-Related Low Back Pain and Its Association with Disability Recurrence," reports concluded that chiropractic care was more effective for common work-related low-back pain in comparison to treatments by physicians or physical therapists. In total, chiropractic patients demonstrated lower medical expenses, fewer disability recurrences and shorter initial periods of disabilities.
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Chiropractic Lobby Day Update – Your Immediate Action Needed!
by NYSCA Staff Writer
5/9/2011 3:12:39 PM
On Tuesday, May 03, 2011, members of the NYSCA and Council’s Joint Legislative Task Force met with key legislators in Albany regarding our priority legislative items for 2011.The meetings proved to be effective and productive. Members from both parties in the Senate and Assembly agreed to sponsor and support our legislation.
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Conservative Pain Management a First-Line Defense Against Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
by The American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
5/9/2011 3:00:24 PM
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) applauds federal efforts to curb prescription drug abuse following the U.S. government’s announcement in late April that the problem has reached crisis level. ACA encourages patients and health care providers to explore drug-free, conservative approaches to pain management as a first-line defense against painkiller abuse.
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CALL TO ACTION -- NEW YORK STATE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE CALL TO ACTION
by NYSCA Staff writer
4/4/2011 8:24:50 AM
CALL TO ACTION
NEW YORK STATE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE CALL TO ACTION
S3741, sponsored by Senator George Maziarz, and A6294, sponsored by Assemblyman Keith Wright, has been introduced in both houses of the legislature. This bill would prohibit the application of the medical treatment guidelines to workers compensation patients who had a date of accident or date of disablement prior to December 1, 2010.
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Record Breaking Attendance at ACC/RAC 2011 Conference
by Association of Chiropractic Colleges
3/28/2011 2:40:15 PM
ACC/RAC combines the ACC’s annual business meeting and working group sessions along with the educational and research or RAC’s (Research Agenda Conference’s) focus on scientific knowledge - a powerful combination intended to cultivate an increasingly intimate relationship between chiropractic scholarship and education.
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The Chiropractic Hospital-based Interventions Research Outcomes (CHIRO) Study: a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of clinical practice guidelines in the medical and chiropractic management of patients with acute mechanical low back pain
by Paul B. Bishop, DC, MD, PhD, Jeffrey A. Quon, DC, PhD, FCCSC, Charles G. Fisher, MD, MHS, FRCSC, Marcel F.S. Dvorak, MD, FRCSC
3/7/2011 2:15:15 PM
A new study published in the Dec 2010 issue of The Spine Journal reports on the first randomized controlled trial utilizing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) including chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) is associated with significantly greater improvement in condition-specific functioning.
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House Votes to Rescind 1099 Provision
by NYSCA Staff Writer
3/3/2011 2:11:21 PM
The Senate and now the House of Representatives has voted 314-112 to repeal a provision in the healthcare reform law that requires all businesses, including chiropractic practices to submit a 1099 form each time they spend $600 or more.
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Dr. Ann M Carpenter Passes
by NYSCA Staff Writer
3/2/2011 1:09:41 PM
Dr. Ann M Carpenter, D.C., 76, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Dr. Ann M Carpenter received her Doctorate of Chiropractic from The New York Chiropractic College, where she received the D.D. Palmer Memorial Award for Meritorious Achievement. Additionally, she was a Consultant to the National Board of Chiropractors.
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Congress Moves to Expand Chiropractic Services to Veterans and Military Beneficiaries
by The American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
2/2/2011 1:43:47 PM
Chiropractic Profession Urged to Enlist Support from Local Members of Congress
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) today expressed support for newly introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives designed to expand the availability of the services delivered by chiropractic physicians in the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and to those who utilize the military’s health care delivery system, TRICARE, run by the Department of Defense (DoD).
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Back Pain, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
12/30/2010 2:25:58 PM
A new massive review and analysis conducted for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by Ottawa Evidence-Based Practice Center reports that for both low back and neck pain, Chiropractic manipulation was significantly better then placebo or no treatment in reducing pain immediately or short-term after the end of treatment.
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Health Care Costs for Back Pain Much Higher when Care Initiated with an MD vs DC
by Liliedahl RL, Finch MD, Axene DV, Goertz CM., Axene Health Partners, Winchester, Calif, USA.
12/30/2010 1:57:59 PM
A new study published in the Nov-Dec 2010 issue of Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) reports on higher health care costs for back pain when care is initiated with an Medical Doctor (MD)/Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) verses doctor of chiropractic (DC)
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Palladian Audit Extension
by NYSCA Staff Writer
12/29/2010 8:41:22 AM
Any Chiropractor finding it challenging completing Palladian’s medical record audit timely, may have their file submission deadline extended to January 15, 2010.
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Medicare Audit Alert
by Louis Lupinacci, DC and Mariangel Penna, DC
12/2/2010 3:11:56 PM
The current requests for audits by Medicare are not an unusual review. In New York, there is currently a special services pre payment audit request for 98941 services as of October, 2010 and for 98942 services as of November 2009. Also, Medicare does ongoing CERT reviews on Chiropractic claims in which they will review records for proper documentation to support the claim and diagnosis that has been billed.
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Major Change in the Manner Medical Care is Provided to Injured Workers
by The NYS Workers' Compensation Board
10/4/2010 5:01:02 PM
The Workers' Compensation Board (Board) is preparing to implement a major change in the manner medical care is provided to injured workers. The NYS Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment Guidelines will become the mandatory standard of care for the mid and low back, neck, shoulder, and knee, effective for dates of service on or after December 1, 2010.
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NYSCA Responds to The New York State Workers Compensation Board’s “Proposed Medical Treatment Guidelines”
by By Donald Littlejohn, DC
8/16/2010 1:35:18 PM
The New York State Workers Compensation Board released their “Proposed Medical Treatment Guidelines” on June 30, 2010. The guidelines outlined treatment protocols for the neck, lower back, shoulder and knee. These “Proposed Guidelines” are the product of several years of work on the part of the NYS WCB. A 45 day public comment period followed the release of the guidelines and ended on August 16, 2010.
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Help Commission Doctors of Chiropractic in the U.S. Public Health Service
by The American Chiropractic Association (ACA)
8/5/2010 2:58:55 PM
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) today commended Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) and Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) for introducing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that calls for the appointment of doctors of chiropractic (DCs) as officers in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps.
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The time is now for ChiroVoice!
by Louis Lupinacci, DC, FICC and H. William Wolfson, DC, FICC
6/8/2009 7:58:36 AM
The New York State Chiropractic Association asks members to support the ACA chiropractic advocacy network, ChiroVoice.org (ChiroVoice).
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