Last year, H.R. 539 / S. 106, the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would allow chiropractic patients covered in Medicare to access the full range of chiropractic services allowed under their state’s chiropractic scope of practice. This allows Medicare beneficiaries access to the chiropractic profession’s broad-based, non-drug approach to pain management, including such services as manual manipulation of the spine and extremities, evaluation and management services, diagnostic imaging and utilization of other non-drug approaches that have become an important strategy in national efforts to stem the epidemic of prescription opioid overuse and abuse.
Two members of the Arizona delegation to the U.S. House – Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ-9) and Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ-1) – are currently co-sponsors of the bill. Nationally, more than 150 members of the U.S. House are co-sponsors of H.R. 539.
In the U.S. Senate, neither of Arizona’s senators are currently co-sponsors. Nationally, 15 U.S. Senators have signed on to the bill.
Stay tuned for additional information on the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act as it moves its way through the legislative process through the remainder of 2026!