Observations from the COCSA conference… Day 1 November 12, 2009
AWARENESS OF AMERICAN POLITICS: The HealthCare bill passed the House, and includes the public option while (hopefully) protecting state insurance equality laws. Next, the two Senate bills must be reconciled into one (which will happen) and then passed (a big question hinging on the votes of perhaps a dozen Senators, and what changes will happen to get those votes). Visit the ACA website and view John Fallardeau’s HEALTH CARE REFORM WEEKLY BRIEFING videos for ongoing current status.
COOPERATION IN CHIROPRACTIC POLITICS: Our state associations work hard to support our profession. Along with inspiration from General Becky Halstead, a great spokesperson for F4CP who inspired us to contribute so the USA today, Wall Street Journal and other ads can continue, I was priviliged to hear hard-working delegates from the state associations discuss these DC roundtable topics:
CA Certification, PT infringment, Legislative initiatives, IPAs, Batttling the Blues, Ablility to do sports physicals, Medicare audits, Post payment audits, Electronic claims submission, Strengthening DC physican status, Medicaid, and ( in a challenge I heard of for the first time) Denial of ablility to bill patients for non covered service which would have been covered had the patient seen a different provider. Hard questions, but the attitude was of sharing insight and experience to find solutions.
Am inspired to be at COCSA, and looking forward to speaking on Saturday about how positioning DCs as “The Posture Expert” is the path to thriving in a time of healthcare change by integrating third party and personal pay practice
