ACA UPDATE Patients in Medicare Pilot Project Give Chiropractors High Marks

March 1 2010
ACA UPDATE Patients in Medicare Pilot Project Give Chiropractors High Marks
March 1 2010

■ According to results from a congressionally mandated pilot project testing the feasibility of expanding chiropractic services in medicare, patients have a high rate of satisfaction with the care they receive from chiropractors---87 percent gave their dc a level of 8 or higher. The final report to Congress also includes information on the costs of expand­ing chiropractic. The report indicates that, in all but one of the demonstration sites, patients' health care costs were not significantly changed by expanding coverage of chiropractic services. To view the report online, visit the ACA Web site at www.acatoday.org/pdf/demo_ report, pdf.