IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED - CONTACT YOUR SENATORS NOW
ATTENTION: COCSA MEMBER STATE ASSOCIAITONS
Please forward this to your members/non members, their families, friends of their families, people who want to be their friends... you get the idea!
The current Medicare Physician Fee Schedule expires on June 30, 2008. Without immediate Congressional action, Medicare providers, including doctors of chiropractic, will face a more than 10% cut to reimbursement fees on July 1st.
Because of your help, on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6331 which continues the Fee Schedule at its current levels through the end of 2008 and grants an additional 1.1% positive update for 2009. This legislation has now been sent to the Senate and could be considered TODAY.
NOW is the time for state associations, colleagues, patients and friends of chiropractic to weigh-in.
Click here for more information or to call or E Mail your Senator TODAY!!
Take immediate action to stop the scheduled 10.6 percent cut in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that goes into effect July 1st. We need a YES Vote on H.R. 6331.
Ask them to look critically at Medicare physician reimbursement and work for a long-term policy solution to address the current approach, which is highly problematic.
Thank you!!
COCSA
Spring Training is over, the M's are warmed up and the season is officially underway... Are you tuned into Mariner's Radio and our advertising program?
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In Winter 2007, WSCA Board of Directors formed an Insurance Committee to help work on some of the questions that we've been receiving from our members and to work more closely with the Insurance Carriers to define and explain some of the billing procedures, as well as billing code usage. The committee drafted letters to Regence and Premera prior to our 2008 Winter Conference in order to gather information and clarify certain billing codes. You can read the letter on the insurance page of our website.
The Insurance Committee is continuing to meet and is currently looking for additional members who would like to participate. If you are a member of the WSCA and would like to learn more information about this position, please email us at: insurance@chirohealth.org. Additionally, if you have insurance questions or concerns that you think the committee should address, you may also send comments to the insurance email address.
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As an on-going feature, the WSCA Spotlight News will link you to articles of interest from the Integrator, edited by John Weeks. Weeks has written for Plexus and spoke at our January 2007 conference. He is a 20-year veteran reporter and organizer in the field of complementary and integrated health care. The Integrator's mission is to serve leaders in creating the connections between the diverse disciplines and stakeholders in the emerging field.
The articles for April include an exploration of "cultural authority" which grew out of my participation at the 2008 ACC-RAC meeting which focused on this theme, a personal report from a meeting with Josephine Briggs, MD, the new director of NIH NCCAM, an article on additional questions about whether NCCAM's leaders should be experienced in complementary and integrative approaches, some insight into whether Rs or Ds are most supportive of chiropractic and prevention, and notice of an interesting new employer-related initiative for integrative practitioners. Enjoy!
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