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ARIZONA CHIROPRACTIC SOCIETY
MISSION STATEMENT: ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF ARIZONA CHIROPRACTORS
The Arizona Chiropractic Society (ACS) is a non-profit state association for Arizona chiropractors founded in 1991. ACS works to strengthen and protect chiropractic, safeguard chiropractors' practice rights, provide effective representation at the Arizona Legislature, make needed changes in the areas of health insurance and personal injury litigation, provide information regarding claims denials, IME and low speed impact biomechanical engineering reports, and advise doctors who have had Board complaints. ACS is the only state association in the country that provides personal counseling by a veteran licensed chiropractor when members face insurance denials.
ACHIEVEMENTS FOR ARIZONA CHIROPRACTORS
Since 1991 ACS and its President and Executive Director Alan M. Immerman, D.C., have achieved many important advances for the chiropractic profession including enactment of four insurance equality laws and laws for HMO's, fostering an atmosphere of "live and let live" in the chiropractic community, reigning in the Chiropractic Board by requiring definitions for "unprofessional conduct," passing a new and vastly improved health care lien law, working with the State of Arizona Department of Insurance to enforce existing laws that protect the practice of chiropractic, and more.
JOIN WITH HUNDREDS OF YOUR FELLOW ARIZONA CHIROPRACTORS AND BECOME A MEMBER
There are many benefits to membership. First and foremost is that you, the Arizona chiropractor, are protecting and preserving your own profession. Chiropractors' practice rights are constantly under assault at the state legislature, in the media and the courts and the profession needs a strong advocate on its side. ACS is that advocate. If that is not enough, click on the Members Only button and review the list of the ACS "Special Treasures" which are available only to members. This ever expanding list of tools and documents is invaluable in making a chiropractic practice function smoothly in Arizona. To top it off, ACS provides personalized consulting with its members to resolve a wide myriad of problems. Membership more than pays for itself in many ways! Read the many accolades sent to ACS by its supporters.
ACS is strong and growing rapidly for only one reason -- it meets the needs of its members.
NEW! LETTER RECEIVED APRIL 12, 2008:
I’m positive many of us, if not all, are exploited by insurance companies on a regular basis. Sadly, I’m sure many of us eventually give up, fighting thinking we can’t possibly win. Last year I treated a patient for roughly eight weeks and, as many of us commonly encounter, the insurance company decided they weren’t going to pay for any of the patient’s visits. After unsuccessfully going through the normal appeals process which included two separate peer-reviews (we all know how those go), the insurance company informed me they were upholding their decision not to pay. They also informed me I had “exhausted my appeals limit” and “there was nothing else we could do”. Fortunately, I am a member of the Arizona Chiropractic Society. With the assistance of ACS, namely Drs. Immerman and Glassman, I successfully sued the insurance company in civil court. The insurance company knew, as I did, that if my case went before a non-partial judge, they wouldn’t stand a chance. We agreed to settle out-of-court and I recovered 70% of the patient’s $6,000 bill including my court costs.
I never would have thought I could take on an insurance company by myself, let alone win. ACS gave me the confidence, the support, and the resources I needed to level the playing field with the insurance company and finally get paid for the work I had done. This alone has made my ACS membership worth every penny.
Clinton Bennion, DC, ACS Board of Directors, Fiesta Chiropractic Center
NEW! EMAIL RECEIVED APRIL 4, 2008:
Alan,
If it wasn't for your hard work for the chiropractors of Arizona - ACS, AAC, or independent - we may not even have the ability to make a living and help our patients achieve better health through chiropractic care. Thanks for doing what you do best, and fighting the good fight. In the immortal words of Winston Churchill, "...we will never surrender!"
Dr. Randy Leraaen
NEW! Special new articles posted about Allstate and the "Collapse of Cardiology, a Time to Rejoice?" Click here to read these articles and many more.
NEW! ACS about to launch Find-a-Doc search engine for members on webpage. Brand new membership benefit!
NEW! ACS launches Plan B to achieve nondiscriminatory copayments and deductibles by sending complaints to the Arizona Department of Insurance regarding violations of existing law. Learn the details and participate by clicking here.
NEW! Arizona Chiropractor files class action suit against United HealthCare, Ingenix, American Express, AT&T, Citigroup, Delta Air, Citigroup, Delta Air, Discount Tire, GM, Home Depot, IBM, MetLife, Proctor & Gamble, Qwest, Revlon, Southwest Airlines, Wells Fargo Banks, and others for denial of needed care and improper payments. Read the entire lawsuit here.
NEW! Rep. Mark Anderson confronts BCBS over failure to admit some DCs to PPO despite promise to admit all. Read letter from him, response from BCBS, and legislative testimony from BCBS here. You will learn why Mark has been the ACS Legislator of the Year many times.
NEW! ACS expands Board of Directors, welcomes Drs. Michael Giacoppo, Jenna Haggard, Mark Klingert, Bruce Homsey, Clinton Bennion, Erin Chisholm and Trever Penny!
NEW! ACS posts special updates on Legislative page. Click here.
NEW! ACS posts response to Ombudsmans-Citizen's Aide's report on Chiropractic Board. Go to Arizona Chiropractic Board page.
NEW! Current and former Board members allegedly disposed of patient records improperly in outside trash without shredding, incinerating or redacting, and Board took no action on 1100 related complaints -- ACS posts evidence here.
NEW! ACS posts listing of Corporate Members here and Free Online Classifieds here.
NEW! ACS helps members collect from insurance companies and handle difficult PI cases. Read the details here.
Renee Giovando, Administrative Assistant
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05/04/08 5:00 PM
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