The Board of Directors of the International Chiropractors Association has approved a formal constitution for a new Council on Upper Cervical Care and applications for membership are now being accepted. This pioneering Council will bring a needed new focus on adjusting technique and clinical excellence in chiropractic. "We are truly excited about the prospects of this new postgraduate council and the contribution upper cervical technique developers and researchers will continue to make, with a new level of emphasis, awareness, and standing within the profession, through this Council," said Gary L. Walsemann, D.C., F.I.C.A., ICA Secretary-Treasurer.

The formation of the Council was brought about through the historic efforts of Gerard W. Clum, President of Life Chiropractic College West, who worked for many months to bring together the leading upper cervical organizations and develop a new unified consortium in upper cervical care, clinical practice, and research. The goals of the ICA Council on Upper Cervical Care include the development of a centralized umbrella under which to explore, discuss, teach and research questions related to upper cervical specific chiropractic care. more»

The recent momentum surrounding review and constructive input to the ICA Best Practices and Practice Guidelines draft document is progressing to the next phase in the guidelines development process. Building on direct feedback from the field, this next process will involve analysis and incorporation of the comments and recommendations received to date. "Concluding this commentary phase brings a decisive and relevant level of input to the Guidelines development process," said Dr. Len Siskin, Vice Chair of the ICA Best Practices and Practice Guidelines Committee. "Direct input from doctors of chiropractic in active practice is the component that brings the Guidelines to life and ensures that they are anchored in the practical needs and realities of practice in conjunction with the extensively catalogued research record," said Dr. Siskin.

Any doctors of chiropractic who have not yet submitted comments may still access the draft document posted at the ICA Best Practices website and complete the 12-question survey to provide their input during this important process.

The Medicare Committee of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) is pleased to offer the chiropractic profession the new CHIROPRACTIC AND MEDICARE IN THE 2008 ELECTIONS AND BEYOND. This 28-page discussion paper explores in unprecedented depth many important dimensions of the vital issue of Medicare and chiropractic’s role therein. This document represents the second generation of such an undertaking, and has its foundations in the White Paper on the Future of Chiropractic in Medicare presented by ICA for comment in November 2007. That document was widely circulated within the chiropractic profession with more than 4,000 printed copies disseminated and over 12,000 electronic copies either distributed or downloaded from ICA’s website. That draft paper stimulated over 1,200 individual comments offering a wide range of recommendations and requests for additional data. The substance of those comments was incorporated into this draft where they offered positive ideas or pointed out weaknesses in the level or clarity of information or commentary in the earlier edition.. more»

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