Members of the CPT Advisory Committee, which includes HCPAC, serve as resources to the CPT Editorial Panel, which maintains the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code set used across the health care industry to report procedures and services and to process claims. HCPAC members represent limited-license practitioners and other allied health professionals, providing advice on procedure coding and terminology relevant to their specialty.
“Dr. Schmid and Dr. Price are well prepared to represent the chiropractic profession on AMA’s HCPAC advisory board,” said ACA President Marc Nynas, DC. “We are excited to have them join ACA’s efforts to ensure that services provided by doctors of chiropractic are represented accurately through the CPT codes.”
Dr. Schmid, of Newtown, CT, has been in private practice for more than 30 years and has engaged in a variety of health and athletic events in support of her community. She previously served as a chiropractic consultant for Leeway Hospital in New Haven, CT. Dr. Price, of Seattle, WA, is a staff chiropractor for the Veterans Administration (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System and also serves as an expert witness in medical legal record review.
Both doctors participated in ACA’s Health Policy Fellowship, a program launched last year to prepare the next generation of chiropractic coding and documentation advocates. The one-year fellowship educates individuals in ACA’s health policy and coding activities while enhancing the organization’s capacity to contribute to national health policy initiatives and collaborate with external health care organizations.
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