This is the Medicare Bill that Chiropractors Have Been Asking For H.R. 8701 - The Chiropractic Act of 2022
NEWS
ASSOCIATION
Just before the August recess, Congressman Bill Posey of Florida introduced H.R. 8701, the Chiropractic Act of 2022. This is the bill chiropractors and their patients have been asking for.
• H.R. 8701 makes the needed fixes in Medicare so that reimbursement for exams and imaging services will be reimbursed.
• It also restores the freedom of Medicare beneficiaries to privately contract with their doctor of chiropractic in the same way they can privately contract with their doctor of medicine. This provision is commonly referred to as the “Opt Out” provision.
• These specific changes are made in the law while keeping the legislation revenue neutral.
• Importantly this legislation has a date of enactment shortly after being signed into law so that Medicare beneficiaries who seek chiropractic care can benefit from the decades of paying into the system as quickly as possible.
ICA Endorsed: The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) has endorsed this bill.
Call to Action:
• We urge all state associations to review and endorse.
• We urge all chiropractors and chiropractic patients to contact your Representative and ask they cosponsor H.R. 8701.
Visit https://www.chiropractic.org/advocacy/hr8701/ to read the bill and learn more about how you can help. This is legislation the entire chiropractic profession can get behind. It is not controversial. It is revenue neutral.
ICA President, Dr. Selina Sigafoose Jackson stated, “This bill is exactly what the profession asked for. I am asking that each of you check out the information on our website and call your member of Congress this week to request that they cosponsor H.R. 8701. Working together we can advance this bill to become law.”
