Senate Majority Health Reform Draft Offers Important Chiropractic Protections - Bitter Debate Now Underway on Senate Floor
The Majority Leader of the US Senate, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has at last presented a working Senate version of health care reform legislation and an already bitter debate on its wide-ranging provisions is now underway. That debate started after the Senate held a vote November 21st on the motion to proceed to the bill currently before the Senate, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. While heralded as a victory for the majority Democrats, all this motion does is signal the start of debate. According to Nebraska Democrat Senator Ben Nelson, “The Senate owes Americans a full and open debate to try to improve our health care system,” and all he has personally voted to support is to have debate on the bill begin. The acid test will be how they fare on a motion to close off debate (cloture) which is likely to be much harder to gather the 60 votes needed. more>>
ICA Best Practices and Radiology Guidelines Available Online
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The first printed edition of hardbound copies of the ICA Best Practices Guidelines are sold out, but you can download the documents (as PDFs) online. They’ll also be published online by the National Guideline Clearinghouse at www.guideline.gov.
The Radiology Protocols have also been accepted by the National Guideline Clearinghouse and are immediately available from www.pccrp.org (each chapter as a PDF), or click here for the whole document (8MB).
ICA’s www.AdjustTheVote.org Grassroots Technology Advances to Next Phase of Intense Advocacy, Activity
The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) www.AdjustTheVote.org advocacy initiative is gaining momentum and participation with daily increasing numbers of chiropractors, chiropractic students, patients and chiropractic organizations joining in. The customized, state-of-the art grass roots lobbying tool incorporates powerful database design and engineering for interactive, timely outreach on legislative and health policy issues. This powerful tool includes communications systems applicable to take action on federal, state and local levels. more>>
ICA CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE GRASS-ROOTS ACTION ON HEALTH CARE REFORM
ICA's President Dr. Gary Walsemann has called on all ICA members in the US, as well as students, staff, family members, friends, and above all, patients, to immediately contact the President of the United States and their Congressional Representatives, calling for equitable access to chiropractic services for patients of all ages in any national health care reform program. I want to personally urge you to ACT TODAY and participate in this profession-wide call to action. These historic action steps require your immediate personal involvement if our profession is to have the impact on the health care reform process it needs.
ICA continues its commitment to support the unique profession-wide collective effort of the Chiropractic Summit to serve the needs of the profession as a whole during this time of unprecedented momentum on national health care reform.
Landmark Study of Chiropractic in Medicare Now Available from ICA
The Medicare Committee of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) is pleased to offer the chiropractic profession the new CHIROPRACTIC AND MEDICARE IN THE 2008 ELECTIONS AND BEYOND. This 28-page discussion paper explores in unprecedented depth many important dimensions of the vital issue of Medicare and chiropractic’s role therein. This document represents the second generation of such an undertaking, and has its foundations in the White Paper on the Future of Chiropractic in Medicare presented by ICA for comment in November 2007. That document was widely circulated within the chiropractic profession with more than 4,000 printed copies disseminated and over 12,000 electronic copies either distributed or downloaded from ICA’s website. That draft paper stimulated over 1,200 individual comments offering a wide range of recommendations and requests for additional data. The substance of those comments was incorporated into this draft where they offered positive ideas or pointed out weaknesses in the level or clarity of information or commentary in the earlier edition.. more»
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Chiropractic Summit Policy Paper Highlights Profession's Important Potential in National Health Care Reform
The Chiropractic Summit, a collective effort between some 40 chiropractic membership organizations, colleges, vendors and publications seeking to develop a united front on key healthcare issues, has finalized a powerful advocacy paper prepared by the Government Relations Working Group of the Chiropractic Summit. The Washington, DC staff and members of the legislative committees of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), the Association of Chiropractic Colleges (ACC), International Chiropractors Association (ICA) as well as state association members of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) are already making maximum use of the Summit paper in their lobbying efforts.
ICA has stepped forward and embraced a united front concept for the profession on national healthcare reform, and we believe that such a cooperative effort is the best way to secure a rightful place for chiropractic in any reformed system. Now, the need to communicate with your Members of Congress and the Obama Administration on meaningful chiropractic inclusion has become urgent. Read the attached Summit news release on the Summit Policy Paper and download and distribute the attached landmark Policy Paper statement of chiropractic principles, definitions and aspirations in healthcare reform. Deliver this document directly to your two US Senators and your House Members, and share it as widely as possible with your professional colleagues, contacts and organizations.
Expanded Chiropractic Access for Veterans Legislation Introduced in US Senate
New legislation “To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers,” S 1204, was introduced in the US Senate on June 8, 2009 by Washington Senator Patty Murray. Her new initiative will help end an unfair disparity in the availability of chiropractic care for veterans at a time when the need for chiropractic services has become urgent. “This important Senate initiative is vital to enhancing the quality and timeliness of care available to our veterans,” said Dr. Michael McLean, Co-Chairman of ICA’s Legislative Committee. “S 1204 represents a critical frontier for the veteran and the chiropractic profession alike, and ICA urges every doctor of chiropractic in the United States to make the passage of this bill a top priority and personally act today to get their US Senators to sign on as co-sponsors.” Log-on or subscribe to www.AdjustTheVote.org, and just click on “Current Actions”, then click on “Request Co-sponsorship S 1204….Details”; review the message and check the box under “Take Actions”. You will be taken to the AdjustTheVote Communication Page and just follow the instructions to send email, letters and/or faxes; the correspondence is prepared for you to customize and sign. Take action and do this today! more»
International Chiropractors Association Supports WHO “World No Tobacco Day”
World No Tobacco Day, held each year on May 31st, offers a special opportunity to participate in a global effort to promote healthy personal choices through encouraging a tobacco-free lifestyle, providing supportive information and resources for quitting, and preventing new tobacco use. The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) supports the global initiative developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to inform people about the destructive health consequences of smoking and to encourage a tobacco-free lifestyle. ICA has long supported tobacco education efforts and has presented papers and reports on the role the chiropractic profession can and should play in educating the public about the dangers of tobacco use at WHO and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conferences and forums.
“ICA encourages individual doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic organizations around the globe to include information and support services in their patient education efforts in relation to World No Tobacco Day, and every day,” said Dr. Gary Walsemann, ICA President. “Doctors of chiropractic can have a positive impact every day in the communities we serve and with the patients we care for,” notes Dr. Walsemann, “not only on special seasonal observances like the WHO’s World No Tobacco Day but on an ongoing basis as we work together to build healthy lifestyle choices.” more»
ICA’s is the Chiropractic profession’s premiere resource for online employment connections
ICA has launched its dynamic new online resource for chiropractic employment connections, providing specific, affordable access to professional resources for the entire profession. Both ICA members and non-members* can use to post positions and locate qualified candidates. Focused exclusively on the chiropractic profession, ChiroJobs provides an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections in chiropractic. more»
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