Recent News
Update on NYSED Practice Alert re: Utilization of Diagnostic Ultrasound by Chiropractors
The NYSCA would like to flag a recent practice alert that was issued by the New York State Board of Chiropractic that you should have all received in your email. We know that you get a lot of email, but this was an important practice alert, and we wanted to...
Assembly and Senate One-House Budget Proposals
This week, the Assembly and Senate released their one-house budget proposals. Today, each house passed resolutions, which memorialized their one-house budget proposals. These proposals were compiled after the Assembly and Senate held weeks of joint budget hearings and...
Urgent: WNY and Northeaster NY Highmark Prior Authorization
As previously reported, Highmark is planning to implement a prior authorization program for chiropractic care, physical and occupational therapy, and home health care effective on April May 1, 2024. Highmark recently updated their provider...
Medicare Update from ACA
According to the 2024 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (MPFS), chiropractors are experiencing a 5.37 MPFS percent cut this year. Included in the federal spending package to be signed into law today intended to keep the federal government running through...
Patient Referral Services
Have you ever received a marketing email like the one below in your inbox? We can send 20 new patients your way each month, and you pay only when they show up. There are no monthly retainers, no initial set-up fees, and no bait-and-switch tactics. Possibly interested?...
Healthcare Data Breaches and Your Practice
Cyber-crimes in the healthcare industry are on the rise in the United States. A recent attack on Change Healthcare, for instance, has resulted in the disruption of eligibility verification, prior authorization processing, and claims payments. According...
Healthcare Data Breaches and Your Practice
Cyber-crimes in the healthcare industry are on the rise in the United States. A recent attack on Change Healthcare, for instance, has resulted in the disruption of eligibility verification, prior authorization processing, and claims payments. According...
How the Change Healthcare Breach Is Impacting Claims, Eligibility Checks, and Provider Payments
Are your payments at risk? Challenged with Eligibility? As some of you are aware, Change Healthcare – part of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group – experienced a cybersecurity breach on 2/21/24. Change Healthcare is utilized by different...
Can Chiropractors in New York Pay for New Patient Referrals? What the Law Says
Have you ever received a marketing email like the one below in your inbox? We can send 20 new patients your way each month, and you pay only when they show up. There are no monthly retainers, no initial set-up fees, and no bait-and-switch tactics. Possibly interested?...
On the Agenda | March 2024
On the Agenda, the official publication of the New York State Chiropractic Association (NYSCA), is published quarterly. It is designed to provide information about the Chiropractic profession and NYSCA activities and initiatives. Read the latest edition today! What's...
American Chiropractic Association Launches Fellowship to Prepare Future Health Policy Experts
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has launched a Health Policy Fellowship to educate doctors of chiropractic about health policy, coding and other complex issues and to prepare them to advocate on behalf of the chiropractic profession...
American Medical Association Clinician Practice Information Survey
The American Medical Association (AMA) is leading the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey in 2023-2024 with the primary purpose to collect representative data on practice expense and hours spent in direct patient care. This important effort aims to collect...
Updated Mandated Reporter Training Requirements Due by April 2025
Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2021 amended Social Services Law § 413 to require additional training to include protocols to reduce implicit bias in decision-making processes, strategies for identifying adverse childhood experiences, and guidelines to assist in recognizing...
Credit Card Fees in a New York Healthcare Practice: Member FAQ
Learn when New York healthcare practices may charge credit card fees, what prices they must disclose, and why insured patient payments require extra review.
American Chiropractic Association Elects New Leadership
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) installed new leadership during its annual meeting in January in Washington, D.C. Leo Bronston, DC, MAppSc, of Onalaska, Wis., was elected president of the association, and Marcus Nynas, DC, of...