Critical election year seen as opportunity to make voices heard as health reform is implemented
(From the ACA “Week In Review” of August 26, 2010) Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are currently on their August recess. This is the optimal time for state chiropractic organizations and individual DCs to seek face-to-face meetings with congressional representatives.
The Joint Commission, the largest credentialing body for hospitals and health care organizations in North America, has changed its stance is now recognizing Chiropractors as physicians.This is HUGE news!
(From an ACA Special Action Bulletin of 08/09/10) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released rules for determining whether an insurance plan will be granted “grandfathered” status. Whether an insurance plan has grandfathered status is very important because this status will determine whether or not an insurance plan will have to comply with certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including the non-discrimination provision. The non-discrimination provision is very important to the chiropractic profession as it ensures that insurance plans cannot discriminate against providers with respect to participation and coverage, when the provider is acting within their scope of practice.
ChiroVoice, the consumer network of the ACA, issued a similar call to action with a special message template so that patients can comment on these same important HHS regulations that will begin to implement Health Care Reform. To access the ChiroVoice message posted on the FCA web site so that your patients can comment, click here. Encourage your patients to sign up for ChiroVoice at www.chirovoice.org.
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