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US Government Agency Sued By
Chiropractic Group
Since 1998 the American Chiropractic Association has
been involved in a lawsuit against the US Department of
Health and Human Services, (HHS) claiming that Medicare
was illegally denying chiropractic services to
recipients in Medicare HMOs. Both Reuters Health and
PRNewswire of January 25th 2001 reported on this case.
According to these reports the chiropractic group has
just cleared a major hurdle when a federal court
rejected a request from HHS to dismiss the lawsuit.
The main argument is that Medicare has determined that
beneficiaries who want chiropractic and are entitled to
these services by law can be sent to non-chiropractors
for the same services. HHS feels that other types of
health professionals can give chiropractic care, and
therefore by not offering these services by a
chiropractor HHS is not in violation of any federal law.
The chiropractors argue that the law specifically says
that such services are rendered by chiropractors and
that no other health care professional is qualified or
safe at rendering chiropractic care. With this latest
victory, the chiropractors case will continue.
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