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Committee lays over bill to expand chiropractic coverage under Minnesota health programs
Summary
Senate File 595, which would remove an annual exam limitation, add qualifying diagnoses, and expand covered therapeutic services for chiropractic providers under Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare, was laid over after testimony from chiropractors and Department of Human Services officials.
The committee heard Senate File 595, a bill to modify Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare coverage for chiropractic services. Sponsor Sen. Greg Lisky said the bill removes an annual-evaluation limitation, adds qualifying diagnoses (acute spinal pain, chronic spinal pain, neuromusculoskeletal pain) and adds therapeutic exercise and manual therapy techniques as covered services.
Dr. Richard Prenton, a practicing chiropractor employed at Hennepin…
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