12/16/2025

The Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act

Find the Latest Updates on H.R. 539 and S. 106

The Medicare Modernization Act will allow Medicare beneficiaries access to the chiropractic profession’s broad-based, non-drug approach to pain management, which includes 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.

The Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act:

• Is bipartisan legislation that provides patient access to all Medicare-covered benefits allowable under a chiropractor’s state licensure.
• Appropriately defines a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) as a “physician” in the Medicare program.

To find more information and to learn what you can do, please go to the American Chiropractic Association's website.