AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION lobbying for AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 7, 2026

Expenses

$63,025.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

JOHN FALARDEAU

Previously held: Sr. Vice President

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Government bodies contacted 7

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
SENATE
Treasury, Dept of

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 7

HR 539
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
HR 879
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
HR 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
HR 4204
Medicare Patient Choice Act
HR 3838
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20…
S 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
HR 3951
Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 4

Medicare/Medicaid

HR 539 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act: Bill would allow Medicare beneficiaries to access all Medicare-covered services allowed under a chiropractor's state licensure. S 106 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act: Bill would allow Medicare beneficiaries to access all Medicare-covered services allowed under a chiropractor's state licensure. HR 879 Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act: Bill stops the entirety of the current reimbursement reduction and helps account for rising inflationary costs with a two percent payment increase. HR 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. Lobbied to have HR 539 (above) included in bill. HR 4204 Medicare Patient Choice Act: Allows Medicare beneficiaries to choose their physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and chiropractors.

Health Issues

Lobbied for full implementation of Sec. 2706 of the Public Health Service Act that would create fair and equitable coverage of services provided by doctors of chiropractic in private and ERISA-covered health plans. Lobbied for full access to chiropractic services in Medicare and other federal programs.

Defense

HR 3838, Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026:Lobbied for the continuation of services provided by doctors of chiropractic currently serving on US military bases. S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act 2026:Lobbied for the continuation of services provided by doctors of chiropractic currently serving on US military bases.

Veterans

H.R. 3951: Rural Veterans Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025. Legislation permanently allows VA providers to perform cross-state disability exams and expands the pool of providers eligible to perform disability exams to include all licensed health care professionals.