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 ACA Vows Continuance of Legal Action Campaign in Wake of Trigon Ruling Use of Racketeer (RICO) Statutes to Curb Insurer Abuses to Be Pursued Arlington, Va. (Nov. 10, 2004) - Despite the failure of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the American Chiropractic Association's (ACA) court challenge against Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), leaders of the ACA vowed to continue an aggressive legal campaign to curb practices by insurers that harm chiropractors and their patients. On Nov. 8, 2004, the Supreme Court formally declined an appeal by the ACA and the Virginia Chiropractic Association (VCA), bringing an end to litigation that began nearly four years ago. The ACA and the VCA - along with a group of individual doctors and patients - originally filed the federal lawsuit against Trigon, alleging that the company had conducted a long list of "unlawful anticompetitive" acts against the chiropractic profession. >> Read More UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Audits on Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment (CMT) CPT Code # 98943
ACA Works to Further Expand Chiropractic Care in the Veterans Health Care System With an initial group of 27 VA health care facilities due to begin making chiropractic care available before the end of 2004, the ACA is focusing on outreach to the nation's largest veterans organizations and briefing members of Congress who want to make certain that veterans from their states and districts have access to a doctor of chiropractic through the veterans health care system. >> Read More Citing "Monumental Victories For Medicare Patients," ACA Vows To Continue Legal Battle Against HHS The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has vowed to appeal a recent decision by a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss its lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a lawsuit that protects the very heart of the chiropractic profession's services under Medicare- manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation. ACA officials said they would continue the battle until doctors of chiropractic are the only providers who can offer the profession's core service. >> Read More >> Read the District Court Judge's Opinion Congress Tells Pentagon: Chiropractic Panel is on "Active Duty" Again The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC) commended key members of the Senate and House Armed Services committees and congressional leaders for final passage of HR 4200, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005, which included a provision designed to reactivate and set forth an expanded set of responsibilities for the Pentagon's chiropractic health care advisory committee. >> Read More Medicare "Frequency Limits" on Chiropractic Care Put on Hold: HHS Secretary Mandates Review of CMS Scheme In response to concerns raised by the ACA, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and a bi-partisan group of members of Congress, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson has halted a CMS proposal scheduled to go into effect Oct.1 that would allow carriers to begin to impose arbitrary caps on the chiropractic services Medicare beneficiaries can receive. HHS officials have informed the ACA that their May 28 policy guidance would not be implemented as planned and would be reviewed further at the highest level of the department. >> Read More >> Sen. Grassley Applauds HHS Decision On Behalf of Chiropractors >> Your Medicare Questions Answered New Reporting Method for Acupuncture Services to Begin in January Beginning Jan. 1, 2005, there will be a new reporting method for acupuncture services. Effective on that date, CPT codes 97780 (acupuncture, one or more needles; without electrical stimulation) and 97781 (acupuncture, one or more needles; with electrical stimulation) will be deleted. >> Read More ACA Cosponsors Mastering Natural Healing at Sea Seminar. Earn 16 CE Credits While Cruising to Alaska! Click here for more information. National Chiropractic Legislative Conference - 2005 Click here for more information. 
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