MEMBERSHIP

The Arizona Chiropractic Society invites you to join! We have a graduated dues structure for new graduates and special dues for retirees and part-time doctors to make membership affordable for all. Click here for our membership application form.

NEW! Why is Dr. Clint Bennion of Mesa an ACS regular member and a Board member? Read his own words as of 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! ACS launches Find-a-Doc search engine for members on webpage. Brand new membership benefit!

NEW! In these tough economic times, ACS has come to the rescue with a new service. Do everything possible to get paid from insurance companies and attorneys. Then, if you fail, you can ask Dr. Immerman for personalized advice.

There are many other reasons to join the Arizona Chiropractic Society. The first is our legislative program. We have passed four insurance equality laws and are currently working on passing a law to require insurers to charge the same copayments and deductibles for chiropractors as they do for primary care MD and DO physicians.

Second is our continual effort to reign in the Arizona State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The Arizona Chiropractic Society represents the interests of chiropractors while the Chiropractic Board represents the interests of the public. With the Arizona Board's recent activities, which you can review in detail here, the need for strong action has been critical. ACS has risen to the challenge.

Third is our ever-expanding list of Special Treasures which are key documents available only to members. The Treasures consist of a series of vital documents that every chiropractic office needs to run properly in Arizona. You can review a description of the Treasures by clicking here.

Finally, we offer individualized consulting for members by phone and email. ACS President Alan M. Immerman, D.C. has been licensed in Arizona since 1980 and is available to answer telephone calls and emails from members on a wide range of topics such as difficulties in insurance collections, preparation for trial testimony, rebuttal to IME reports, referrals to attorneys, and much, much, more.

The Arizona Chiropractic Society invites you to join! We have a graduated dues structure for new graduates to make membership affordable for all. Click here for our membership application form.