ACA member Dr. Steven Shoshany, will make his second appearance on The Dr. Oz Show on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

ACA member Dr. Rob DeStefano, team DC for the NY Giants, will be on the field in Indianapolis treating players during the big game.

ACA needs your help!  Over the course of the past several years, ACA has been examining the practices of chiropractic networks. Recently, concerns about these networks has increased dramatically to the point of additional investigative efforts being put forth by ACA.

In order to effectively capture the voice of DCs regarding these issues, a questionnaire has been developed to give both members and non-members the opportunity to share their experiences about chiropractic networks. Responding to this questionnaire will help ACA understand the effects these networks have on profession, and will also help the association better position itself for future efforts.

Dr. Jack Christie has been elected new City of Houston Council Member At-Large.

The American Chiropractic Association reports that without question, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah is one of the chiropractic profession’s most enthusiastic and influential supporters in the United States Senate and the entire Congress.

Make your PERSONAL check out to Hatch Election Committee, and send the check to:

American Chiropractic Association
c/o ACA-PAC
1701 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209

At the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Douglas Cater, special assistant to the president of the United States, presented a paper titled “Comprehensive Health Planning.”

Active practicing chiropractic physicians were, in some parts of the country, appointed to Comprehensive Health Planning Councils and their principal concern was that chiropractic physicians must, at all costs, be categorized as “primary care providers,” because under comprehensive health care planning, all patients were to access health care through the primary care physician who would refer, when necessary, to a “secondary provider” (also known as a specialist), and when more urgent care was necessary, the patient would be referred to a “tertiary provider,” a specialist who worked in the hospital setting.

Learn more about the "comprehensive health planning councils in this article.

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has offered some model health resolutions that you might consider this year.

The Dallas Regional Office of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ... wants to make sure you are informed about the very important Version 5010 and ICD-10 transitions. The Version 5010 and ICD-10 transitions are coming soon. 

The Version 5010 and ICD-10 transitions are coming soon. Please see the information below for a variety of helpful resources, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services office in Dallas Reports.

Last week in 98th District Court, Travis County, Texas, Judge Rhonda Hurley took less that 48 hours to rule against the TBCE and the People of Texas. This report provides a bit of the history surrounding this case.