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The First-Ever Public NCC Anti-Opioid Seminar!

 

Las Vegas, Nevada – June 7, 2019 –For the first time in United States history, chiropractic physicians are fighting the opioid addiction crisis, and right now is your chance to be part of it.  The NCC immediately needs each member to invite two patients to our first public education anti-opioid seminar.  The event will include a powerful and emotional video, a discussion of the opioid crisis by chiropractic physician panelists, and a chance for attendees to ask our panelists their own questions about opioids.  The purpose is to steer patients toward chiropractic as the best way to fight pain.

 

During the past year-and-a-half, an introductory video, worth tens of thousands of dollars, was produced.  The work was entirely donated to the NCC by numerous members of the Las Vegas production community, who were personally touched by the opioid addiction tragedy.  The ten minute video stars Nevada State Chiropractic Board president, Dr. Jason O. Jaeger, and features NCC board chairperson, Dr. Stephanie Youngblood.  In addition to opening each public seminar, the video will soon be shared, online, with NCC members through a private YouTube channel so members may share it with their patients.  The long-term plan is to take the anti-opioid education program to a national audience.

 

The idea for the anti-opioid public education program was brought to the NCC by network television news producer Michele Kane, who wrote, produced, and directed the video and is coordinating and producing the seminars with her husband, technical director Jon Kane.  CoverEdge Television owner, Rich Travis, whose company produces Las Vegas news coverage for many national and international programs, provided months of shooting and editing.  Scot Rammer, composer for many commercials and numerous shows on the Las Vegas Strip, contributed music.  Jon Jacobson, who lost his partner at Oakdale Post Audio to an opioid overdose, provided technical audio support.  Other contributions came from Dr. Mel Pohl and the Las Vegas Recovery Center, Dr. Sherry McAllister and the Foundation 4 Chiropractic Progress, Clark County coroner, John Fudenberg, two recovering patients who tell their stories, and three parents who share what it was like to lose their children to overdoses.

 

The inaugural free public seminar is scheduled for Saturday, June 29th, from 6 to 7 PM at the offices of Dr. Nicole Harmel at 8879 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 101, in Las Vegas.  Space is very limited, so tell your patients who want to attend that they need to sign up today by calling NCC anti-opioid committee director, Michele Kane, at (702) 466-9078.  NCC members, please feel free to print this media release and display it in your offices and/or hand it out to patients.  If you’re not an NCC member but want to be part of this historic program, join the NCC today by clicking here for the NCC membership form.  Then host a seminar by contacting NCC anti-opioid program director Michele Kane by phone at (702) 466-9078 or by e-mail at mushkane@yahoo.com

 

 

January 24, 2018 8:30 AM PST

 

MEDIA RELEASE

 

The NCC Fights for Chiropractors’ Right

to Take X-Rays

 

Las Vegas, Nevada - January 24, 2018 - The NCC Board of Directors formally reaffirmed its resolution to promote and support the PCCRP’s Guidelines allowing Nevada chiropractic physicians to take X-rays.  It did so by passing the Opposition to the Choose Wisely X-Ray Position.

 

The NCC supports the right of chiropractic physicians to use their professional judgment and expertise to determine what is best for each patient and to practice any techniques, including the taking and reading of x-rays that fall within the scope of practice in the State of Nevada.

 

Dr. John Brown moves to oppose the “Choose Wisely X-Ray Position” and accept the NCC position paper on the “Opposition to the Choose Wisely X-Ray Position.”

 

"Doctors of Chiropractic must be able to offer the best care possible for their patients, which includes the use of radiology,” says NCC Board president, Dr. Stephanie Youngblood.  “Chiropractic physicians have used diagnostic radiology as an integral tool in quality patient assessment for more than one-hundred years.  The Choose Wisely guidelines do not take into consideration that, for subluxation analysis, X-ray has been a standard part of the initial examination in order to give the patient the highest quality and safest care."

 

NCC treasurer Dr. John Brown. says, “Just last week I saw a tumor in the upper part of a lung on our cervical X-rays.  Last year we detected a type of cancer in someone’s pelvic bone, because we take X-rays.  Many types of cancer metastasize to the spine. Even if we only detect cancer in a patient once a year, taking X-rays can save a life."

 

“I recently had a young 15-year-old male patient, who had been suffering from back pain for a few weeks.  He did not remember anything that may have happened to cause his pain.  His X-ray showed a pars fracture in his lower lumbar spine that was mildly unstable.  This changed my treatment plan significantly and avoided any further injury that could have occurred if I had not taken X-rays" says NCC northern Nevada Director, Dr. Adam Ingles.

 

The NCC Board of Directors recommends that all Nevada doctors of chiropractic, who utilize radiologic evaluations in their practice, familiarize themselves with the PCCRP X-ray Guidelines, which can be accessed online at www.pccrp.org.

 

For more information, please contact the Nevada Chiropractic Council at info@nevadachiropractic.org.

 

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June 27, 2017 6:30 AM PST


MEDIA RELEASE

 

Two Nevada Chiropractic Physicians Board Members Honored

 

Las Vegas, Nevada – June 27, 2017 – Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has received a letter honoring two members of the Chiropractic Physicians’ Board of Nevada.  The letter, from the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, specifically recognizes CPBN president Dr. Benjamin Lurie and secretary/treasurer Dr. Jason Jaeger.  Jaeger and Lurie, who are NCC members, were commended for their commitment to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Nevada citizens.  The honor was issued after the FCLB’s annual May meeting in Orlando, Florida.

 

“I was honored to be named the guest host of the 91st annual meeting,” said Dr. Benjamin Lurie.  “Both, Dr. Jaeger and I were able to witness history as our friend and colleague, Dr Maggie Colucci, became the first woman to be named FCLB president.  It was an honor to represent the great State of Nevada."

 

State board members from the U.S. and provincial regulators from Canada attend each year as volunteers to teach and learn from each other to upgrade the quality of chiropractic regulation and public protection.  States and provinces benefit, because FCLB membership guarantees access to cost-saving ideas, advance warning about new challenges, and opportunities to pool resources with other boards.

 

“As the treasurer and secretary for the Nevada Chiropractic Physicians Board, it was my honor to represent Nevada as the voting delegate to the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards,” added Dr. Jaeger.  “Working with doctors from all fifty states brings a constructive and positive perspective as a regulator.”

 

The annual FCLB educational conferences help board members, staff, and representatives from the offices of the Attorneys General identify emerging problems and solutions in healthcare regulation.  This year’s educational program included presentations on several critical issues, including chiropractic mobility, regulatory ethics, sunset reviews, licensure exams and services of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the effective use of settlement agreements, regulatory leadership and several other topics.

 

The NCC needs energetic people to participate in order to protect the safety of the public in Nevada and the rights of the silver state’s chiropractic physicians.  If you are an NCC member, get involved.  If you are not a member yet, join.

 

For more information, please contact the Nevada Chiropractic Council, info@nevadachiropractic.org.

 

Click Here to Read the FCLB Letter to Governor Sandoval

 

June 21, 2017 6:30 AM PST
 

MEDIA RELEASE

 
Major Support Announced on Reimbursement Parity Issue
 
Las Vegas, Nevada – June 21, 2017 –Nevada is going to have the support of a major southern California chiropractic and health science university in the fight for insurance parity.  NCC member Dr. Jason Jaeger requested the June 5th meeting in Los Angeles with the Southern California University of Health Sciences, which is his alma mater.  He wanted an opportunity to explain to university administrators that reimbursement parity will end up helping patients.
 
“If we obtain fair and equal reimbursement for chiropractic physicians, the best and brightest students will be attracted to the field of chiropractic.  If students know that chiropractic doctors will get reimbursement comparable to what doctors get in other fields, they will be far more likely to choose chiropractic as their profession,” said Dr. Jaeger.
 
It follows that if there are more graduating chiropractic physicians, there will be more options with which to fight the opioid addiction epidemic.  University administrators love the idea.  Chiropractic physician and university president, Dr. John Scaringe, has been a member of the university faculty for more than twenty-five years.  He says that it’s a great idea for states to work together and collaborate on the parity issue, because there is strength in numbers.
 
“The point is to focus on the patient rather than on the practice of chiropractic,” said Dr. John Scaringe.  “If patients have more access to the wonderful healing option of chiropractic, it is far less likely that they will have opioids prescribed to them and become addicted.”
 
Dr. Jaeger asked if the Nevada chiropractic community could count on the school to support the parity issue.  Dr. Scaringe said yes.
 
The NCC and its members are a very proactive group, but we need energetic people to participate now more than ever in protecting the safety of the public in Nevada and the rights of the silver state’s chiropractic physicians.  If you are an NCC member, get involved.  If you are not a member yet, join.
 
For more information, please contact the Nevada Chiropractic Council, info@nevadachiropractic.org

 

6.20.17
 

Please Help Preserve the Anti-Discrimination Language 

in Section 2706a of the Affordable Health Care Act

 
We, the members of the NCC are very concerned about the language in the new versions of the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) currently being drafted by the United States Senate and Congress and how it could negatively impact the opioid addiction crisis in the United States as well as in the State of Nevada.
 
Currently, Section 2706a of the existing Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) eliminates discrimination against healthcare providers of different license types.  At this time, both federal and Nevada law deem that a chiropractic physician holds physician status, equal to medical, osteopathic, dental, and podiatric doctors.  However, in the most recent draft of the House AHCA bill, the anti-discriminatory language has been eliminated.  If the same happens in the Senate, and we lose the language in 2706a, a situation could be created that may worsen the opioid crisis in the United States.  If chiropractic physicians no longer have reimbursement parity with other doctors, qualified chiropractic physicians, who offer patients a drug-free solution to pain, could be driven away from practicing chiropractic.  In addition, patients could also be discouraged from seeking relief from chiropractic, if their insurance companies won’t help pay for their care by chiropractic physicians.  If that should happen, we anticipate that more patients who seek pain relief would be driven to using opioids.  The NCC is dead set against that happening.
 
Chiropractic, in its purest form, involves no pain medication.  Therefore, we believe that chiropractic could go a long way toward preventing patients from resorting to the use of opioids, becoming addicted, and needlessly dying from overdoses.
 
The NCC implores you to support and fight for retaining language of equality.  Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval recently detailed in his State of the State address that the three solutions to the opioid addiction crisis are chiropractic, acupuncture, and counseling.  Please let us know that we can count on your support and possibly an amendment from you that stands up for health care equality in our great nation.  Eliminating such language would be a huge step backward that could result in a terrible health care domino effect.
 
Please cut and paste this letter and send it to the Senators listed below.  Remember to add your name, title, and address. 
 
List of Nevada Senators and Staff
Catherine Cortez Masto
Carl Segerblom, health legislative aide
Carl_Segerblom@cortezmasto.senate.gov
 
Dean Heller
Rachel Green, health legislative aide
Rachel_Green@heller.senate.gov
 
Full senators contact list
 
 
U.S. Senate: Senators of the 115th Congress
 
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
U.S. Senate: Senators of the 115th Congress
_Senators of the 115th Congress

 

April 28, 2017 6:30 AM PST

 

A Great Step Forward in Insurance Reimbursement Equality

 

Las Vegas, Nevada – April 28, 2017 –The Nevada Chiropractic Council (NCC) is very excited to announce a major development in its fight for equal insurance reimbursement for Nevada’s chiropractic physicians.

 

Following a meeting, Dr. Jason Jaeger just revealed the following:

 

“The NCC and its Equality in Reimbursement Subcommittee met with one of the state and country’s top insurance providers.  Preliminary discussion was very positive and brings hope that Nevada’s chiropractic physicians will soon be reimbursed at rates equivalent to their medical and osteopathic counterparts.”

 

As you know, the fight for equal reimbursement has been waging for at least a decade.  Another NCC member heavily involved in the battle is past president, Dr. Bobby Moore.

 

“Chiropractic physicians have been insisting for many years that insurance companies need to follow federal and state law by reimbursing Nevada chiropractic doctors at the same rates paid to other doctors.  Today’s chiropractors have the same legal physician status as other providers, the same enormous student loan debt, and the same, if not more, credit hours in college as medical doctors.  Yet chiropractic physicians are still routinely reimbursed at lower rates for services than other medical providers, even though we all use the same codes.  The new development is sure to be another positive turning point for chiropractic physicians in Nevada and all over the world,” said Moore.

 

Current NCC board president, Dr. Stephanie Youngblood, has also been heavily invested in the struggle for equal reimbursement.

 

“The stars are aligning for chiropractic in Nevada and many other states.  We will continue to move this down the road.  I am grateful to be a part of this process,” said Youngblood.

 

The NCC will update members as quickly as details become available.  In the meantime, if you are not yet a member of the NCC, join!  If you are a member, get involved.  The NCC is a vital group of chiropractic doctors and assistants who work hard to make a positive difference for our patients and our practices.  The more of you who make your voices heard in the NCC, the faster we will accomplish great goals.

 

For more information, please contact the Nevada Chiropractic Council, info@nevadachiropractic.org

 

April 26, 2017 6:30 AM PST
Amended SB 437 Passes the State Senate
 
Las Vegas, Nevada - April 26, 2017 - Senate Bill 437, also known as the Physical Therapists' Bill, last evening passed through the State Senate with amendments.  The amendment most important to Nevada's chiropractic physicians was Section 2, which would have allowed Nevada's licensed physical therapists to performed Grade V mobilizations, also known as mobilizations with thrust.  The controversial section was deleted from the bill entirely during eleventh-hour negotiations between the Chiropractic Physicians Board of Nevada and the Physical Therapists Board before the bill was heard by the State Senate late yesterday afternoon.
 
Dr. Benjamin Lurie, legislative chair for the Chiropractic Physicians Board of Nevada, said that the CPBN, its lobbyist Capital Partners, the NCC, and the NCA will continue to very closely monitor the language in SB 437 as it makes its way to the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor.
 
"If the PT Board or the PT Association amend SB 437, we will then prepare our arguments for the assembly to defend the chiropractic profession and the use of a thrust as outlined in the State Attorney Generals' 2013 Opinion," stated Lurie.
 
"There's a reason for the Attorney General's 2013 Opinion, and I'm grateful that our legislative leaders recognize that," said NCC president Dr. Stephanie Youngblood.

 

The State Assembly will now schedule SB 437 to be heard, probably this week, at which time the bill will be assigned to committee.  The bill came from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor, and Energy and will be assigned to the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

"It's not over yet.  We all still need to be on high alert and ready to act at a moment's notice," stated Dr. Lurie.

 

For more information, please contact the Nevada Chiropractic Council, info@nevadachiropractic.org

 


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NCC Congratulates the Texas Chiropractic Board of Examiners on the Passing of the Sunset Bill

Published: May 19, 2017 by Parker University:

Parker University's president, Dr. Bill Morgan takes great pleasure in announcing the passage of Senate Bill 304, The Texas Chiropractic Board of Examiners (TBCE) Sunset Bill. This bill continues the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners' authority to regulate chiropractic in Texas for twelve years. The bill also clarifies the authority of Doctors of Chiropractic to diagnose. The bill eliminates the requirement that chiropractic facilities register with the TBCE and improves the TBCE's complaint and investigation processes. The bill now goes to the governor for his signature. Our thanks go out to the many people in Texas and across the nation for their support of our efforts to protect the integrity of chiropractic in Texas. The Texas Chiropractic Association played a key role in shepherding SB 304 and other chiropractic-related bills through the arduous legislative process. This is a signature achievement for chiropractic in Texas and bodes well for the future of the profession.

 

 

 

Dear Nevada Chiropractors:

 

Thank you to those of you who contacted the Senate on Commerce, Labor and Energy in opposition to SB 437.

 

"Dr. Lurie, legislative chair for the Chiropractic Physicians Board of Nevada, has moved the current position on SB 437 to NEUTRAL. The PT Board and the PT Association have agreed to remove the controversial language in Section 2 at this time."

 

Dr. Lurie stated that he and the Board's lobbyist are monitoring SB 437 very closely. If there is any language that changes that would be a concern to public safety and protection, Dr. Lurie stated that they will immediately update the NCC as well as the NCA. 

 

Dr. Lurie wants to thank all those chiropractic physicians who took a moment to write letters to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor, and Energy in opposition. "Everyone had a big impact on this bill."

 

Thanks so much!

Dr. Stephanie Youngblood
NCC President 

 

April 7, 2017 7:30 PM PST

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Back to the Drawing Board for SB 437

 

On February 7, 2013, the Nevada Attorney General issued its opinion confirming Nevada law:

 

“The law is clear that a licensed physical therapist is not authorized to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, homeopathic medicine, chiropractic, or any other form or method of healing.  In addition, the practice of physical therapy specifically prohibits chiropractic adjustment.  Finally, because manipulation and adjustment of the human body require licensure by the Chiropractic Physicians’ Board in the State of Nevada, a physical therapist may not lawfully perform any manipulation or adjustment of the spine or any other articulation of the human body that involves chiropractic thrust manipulations and adjustments.  Thrust manipulations and/or adjustments are recognized chiropractic techniques and beyond the scope of authorized activity for a physical therapist.”


Las Vegas, Nevada – April 7, 2017 –It’s another round at the negotiating table for the Physical Therapy Association Bill, also known as Senate Bill 437.  Arguments were heard Wednesday, April 6, 2017, in both, Carson City and Las Vegas, from the Nevada Chiropractic Board and the Physical Therapists Association. 

 

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Media Release February 13, 2017 PM PST

 

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Big Progress in the Struggle for Parity!


Las Vegas, Nevada – Feb. 13, 2017 – The Nevada Chiropractic Council has taken a giant leap forward in its fight for parity in insurance reimbursement.  The NCC has won the support of the Nevada Division of Insurance. 

 

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Media Release Jan. 31, 2017

 

The Cats Out of the Bag

Now We Can Finally Share

What We Have Been Doing Last Year

hint... Equal Reimbursement per the Nevada Division of Insurance

 

NCC member Dr. Jason O. Jaeger, who just spoke before the State Division of Insurance in Carson City about the equal reimbursement issue, will be a guest speaker at this month's general membership meeting. 

 

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January 18, 2017  

MEDIA RELEASE

 

NCC Leads the Way with Anti-Discrimination Reimbursement for NV Chiropractic Physicians

 

Carson City, Nevada – Jan. 18, 2017 – Dr. Jason O. Jaeger, formerly a State Southern Director of the Nevada Chiropractic Council (NCC) and currently the secretary/treasurer for the Nevada Chiropractic Physician’s Board,

 

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NEWS

 

New Research: Chiropractic Reduces Opioid Medication by 57% Former Dartmouth Doctor

 

MARCH 22, 2017 • KIRO COFFEE

 

New research from a former Dartmouth Doctor presented at the New Hampshire Annual Chiropractic Association meeting states that seeing a chiropractor can reduce opioid prescriptions by as much as 57%.

 

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