This course is offered by ACA’s Preferred HIPAA Solution, Compliancy Group. See more information about resources from ACA’s Preferred HIPAA Solution.

Despite the Global Pandemic that was taking over the country, 2020 saw more HIPAA fines levied than any other year in the history of HIPAA. 

This was largely due in part to new initiatives by Health & Human Services, which included the implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, as well as the OCR’s Right of Access Initiative. 

In this webinar, we'll be reviewing breaches and fines -- big and small, to give practical takeaways that you can use within your practice to ensure you are in compliance with these new regulations. 

After attending this webinar, you will be able to:  

• Describe what the 21st Century Cures Act, Right of Access Rules mean for your practice. 
• Avoid breaches and fines related to Right of Access to patients’ records in their practice. 

With the rise of portable ultrasound amongst chiropractors, being able to use ultrasound to appropriately diagnose and make a prognosis in a matter of minutes has proven to be effective for patient care and recovery. Dr. Graham will explore the clinical application of how to use MSK Ultrasound during a physical exam, specifically sports injuries. 

After the session, participants will be able to: 

• Discuss the evidence-based application of MSK Ultrasound to appropriately diagnose and treat sports injuries.
• Explain comparative interpretation to other imaging modalities. 
• Recognize the pros and cons of point of care ultrasound as a method of diagnosing muscle injuries. 

This webinar is co-sponsored by the ACA Chiropractic Sports Council

This course is offered by ACA’s Preferred HIPAA Solution, Compliancy Group. See more information about resources from ACA’s Preferred HIPAA Solution.

Whether your practice is using Facebook to attract new patients, or if you’re leveraging Google and Yelp reviews, improper use of social media can lead to major HIPAA violations. With the widespread use of smartphones, these violations are more frequent than ever before.

So how can your practice use social media without violating HIPAA?

In this webinar we outline how your employees can use social media ethically, while protecting your practice from HIPAA violations. You’ll be instructed on how to create effective policies surrounding the use of mobile phones and social media in the office, and given real life examples of HIPAA breaches that occurred due to improper social media usage.

After attending this webinar, you will be able to: 

• Describe HIPAA requirements. 
• Align your practice with HIPAA requirements. 
• Avoid breaches and fines related to social media. 
• Implement key takeaways your practice going forward.

Functional health literacy is defined as the ability to read, write, and speak about health. Chiropractors need to know and be able to do health literacy to advance their field and to translate evidence-based interdisciplinary content outside their field into their professional practice. That fact argues for health literacy education as an essential component of professional development. However, the real deal is whether health literacy is understood and used by the lay public so they can learn about their own self-care during chiropractic care interactions. The goal of this presentation is to establish the different types of health literacy, recognize the connections between oral, written, and body language in chiropractic care, and then adapt key chiropractic information into plain language for a low literacy audience. When chiropractors understand the profile of their clients in the context of health literacy research, the public face of chiropractic has the potential to improve in the clinic and in the professional literature.

At the end of this educational session, participants will be able to:

Recognize one or two types of health literacy in their current practice;

Apply two skills (or strategies) for plain language communication and health literacy; 

 Value the need for health literacy education in chiropractic care and professional development.

Integrated Care Pathways is a three-part series that introduces possible ways a chiropractic doctor may work closely with a hospital or medical team.  The series will cover possible pathways, how to work with the medical model, communicating with other doctors and, finally, problem solving for those tough cases.  

Integrated Care Pathways Part 1: Possible Pathways 
Part one of this three-part series will provide an overview and case study on how DC’s can develop the strategies and create a process to begin collaborating with medical doctors in a hospital setting. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Illustrate through a case study the benefits and implementation strategies of integrated care pathways an existing clinical environment.  
• Evaluate what a Chiropractic doctor needs to know before contacting hospitals. 
• Discuss how Chiropractors can start the process of reaching out to hospitals.
• Evaluate what hospitals are looking for when integrating with Chiropractors.

Integrated Care Pathways Part 2: Integration and Support
Part two of this three-part series dives deeper into how DC’s can integrate care within the medical model and how to communicate and implement strategies to develop a successful collaborative pathway.   

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss how to work with the medical model. 
• Explain how to communicate to other doctors within the integrated medical setting. 
• Implement strategies to develop a successful care pathway. 

Integrated Care Pathways Part 3: Challenges and Solutions 
The final part of this series will explore challenges and solutions that DC’s may face when developing pathways for care in the hospital setting. 

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss potential barriers DC’s can encounter when working in the hospital setting. 
• Discuss how to develop a niche within the medical model. 
• Explain how DC’s can gain trust from other medical providers within the hospital setting. 
• Assess how credentialing plays a role in the medical model.

 (Three CE credits)

According to the ACA, back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and prevents people from engaging in work and everyday activities. PubMed reports that low back and neck pain are the leading causes of “years lived with disability” in most countries and across age groups. 

Pain affects all aspects of a person’s life: physically, emotionally, socially and financially. According to the ACA, it is the most common reason for missed work, negatively impacting employers and communities as a whole. Often times people suffering from back pain turn to drugs for temporary relief, and we are all well aware of the opioid crisis in this country. 

Given the fact that chiropractic care is a safe and effective option for back pain, chiropractors are in a key position to make a positive impact both with the patients they care for and their communities.

 Key topics that will be covered:

•  What is Psychological-Social-Physical Wellbeing?
• Costs of Chronic Pain & Injury to both the Employer and Employee
• Human and Mechanical Ergonomics and the Care Community

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain Psychological – Social – Physical Well-Being
• Discuss why active engagement early in patient care is crucial for recovery
• Describe the Chronic Pain Cycle
• Differentiate Human Ergonomics vs. Mechanical Ergonomics
• Discuss the role of Occupational Health

This course is co-sponsored by the ACA Council on Occupational Health

This webinar compares military mTBI with sports related mTBI with an emphasis on the nature and dangers of football targeting.  A brief review of the Glasgow Coma Scale following a mTBI will point towards the need for follow-up Vestibular Rehabilitation and its associated components including testing for gait, ambulation, static and dynamic balance as well as quantitative vestibular testing.

On completion of this webinar, participant will be able to:

• Recognize and understand the causes and symptoms of mTBI
• Explain how to apply both the Glasgow Coma Scale and the SCAT-5 Questionnaire
• Discuss the various techniques of applied Vestibular Rehab 

This course is co-sponsored by the ACA Rehab Council

It is an important ethical and legal obligation for all practicing Doctors of Chiropractic to obtain the informed consent of patients before treatment. This presentation by Dr. William Lauretti will help you to create effective and efficient policies for your practice, and help you answer any challenging questions your patients might ask. 

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this Webinar, participants should be able to:

- Manage risk in their practices by learning how to develop an effective and efficient informed consent policy.

- Employ the skills to better communicate with patients about the relative safety of chiropractic procedures

Federally Qualified Health Centers/Community Health Centers will be described as primary care sites serving patients in pain because of neuromusculoskeletal conditions and in need of chiropractic interventions. This course will discuss the needs for the integration of chiropractic services, education, and research within Federally Qualified Health Centers that are Community Health Centers. A detailed discussion will suggest an exceptional career pathway for young chiropractic graduates, or an experienced chiropractic physician interested in employment within an integrated, primary care facility as a chiropractic specialist.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify primary care services that are offered to underserved populations within Federally Qualified Health Centers/Community Health Centers.
• Articulate the means to become employed as a chiropractic specialist.

Patients with advancing age or disability have been severely impacted by the rapid changes taking place in the healthcare arena, particularly in the aftermath of COVID-19. Education and training resources available to chiropractic physicians to improve their understanding of and sensitivity towards their patients with disabilities or advancing age are sorely lacking, especially in light of pending changes in Medicare. This webinar will bring chiropractic physicians a heightened awareness of the many challenges faced by their patients with advancing age or disability and give them tips to learn how to address them with their patients in their practices. Read an interview with Dr. Konarski-Hart on the ACA Blog. 

 Particpiants in this course will be able to:

1. Identify  the demographics of populations affected by age and/or disability
2. Discuss the challenges of patients of advancing age or disability in the healthcare arena and gain a better understanding of the issues.
3. Interpret  differences in history/exam/treatment/health issues/documentation of patients with disability or advancing age