Welcome to the New Mexico Chiropractic Association

From the Executive Director

From the Executive Director . . .
Lots of News and Information

Dear Doctors of Chiropractic:

We made it through another Convention and it was really wonderful to see so many of you attending!! Thank you for being there and for supporting the efforts of the NMCA. And, thanks to all of you that continue to support the NMCA with your membership, PAC donations, time and energy! You are greatly appreciated and we look forward to serving you again in the coming year!

Membership

We have 263 members this year and that is wonderful!! We greatly appreciate all of you and will continue to work on your behalf throughout New Mexico and nationally at every opportunity!! Only with your support can we truly do our job! Your membership is really important to us! Thank you!!

NMCA Web Site ~~ www.nmchiro.org

Last year we gave the web site a face lift and it looks really nice! We have had a lot of compliments on the way it looks and the ease in which it can be navigated. This year we are going to be adding many new options to the site such as the ability to sign up for seminars, convention, and membership on line . . . and make your payments, as well! This is a work-in-progress at the moment but, hopefully, will be up and running in the very near future!!

The membership list has been updated so check out your listing and make sure that everything is correct. If there are any changes, let me know and I will see that they are fixed right away. People go to the site when looking for a chiropractor and we want them to be able to find you!!

Convention 2010

We had a great time at the convention this year. I had many people comment that it was one of the best from educational content to exhibitor participation! We even had an easy time at registration . . . at least from the comments of those handling registrations. Almost everyone preregistered and that was SOOOO greatly appreciated! Thank you for doing that and keep up the good work!!!! I have included a few pictures from the convention and you can see more on our web site at www.nmchiro.org by clicking on the Gallery link in the left hand menu bar.

Great thanks should be given to all of our wonderful speakers this year: Dr. John D. Lockenour, Dr. Scott Theirl, Dr. David A. Dengler, Dr. Edward Altman, Dr. James J. Lehman and Mr. John LaVolpa. Each and every one of them gave GREAT presentations that pleased and educated their audiences.

There were many people over the year prior to the convention that helped make this past year a success. I would like to thank all of you who worked in any way on the convention presentation. Most importantly, we give thanks to Dr. Ben Markham, NMCA Education Committee Chair, and Dr. Michael Pendleton, NMCA Convention Committee Chair and their committee members. Thanks go to Ms. Helen Casey and the ladies from the Albuquerque Convention Center that helped make registration this year a much more comfortable experience! To all of you, please know that whatever help you gave toward putting on this past convention, you were most definitely appreciated and our thanks go out to you!!!

Convention 2011

We have already begun negotiations for our 2011 Annual Convention. It appears that next year's event will be later in May due to the fact that Easter is in late April, Mother's Day falls in early May and the weekend in between those two events is the PowWow held in Albuquerque every year when we cannot get the space we need! So, as soon as we have a definite date, we will post that on our web site and send it out over our list serve for your information! You will get your initial mailing with all the information sometime in September or early October so watch for that!!

Advanced Practice Training in New Mexico

We will soon begin the third round of National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) sponsored training for Advanced Practice. We had agreed to do two rounds of this training but, because of the interest we have gotten from doctors in NM and around the country, we are presenting a third round beginning in September of 2010.

The dates for the upcoming series of NUHS courses can be found on the calendar of events in this Journal and on our web site for your convenience in saving those dates should you want to attend. We have not yet scheduled Dr. Taylor's classes for 2011 but, as soon as we do, we will get that information out to everyone.

This will definitely be the last time this training is offered before the deadline of December 31, 2012, after which a Masters Degree will be required for doctors that wish to become involved in the Advanced Practice Registry. So, if you are at all interested, plan on attending these classes beginning in September of 2010.

NMCA IPA, Primary Physicians Network LLC

Primary Physicians Network, LLC, the NMCA IPA, has been launched!!! The groundwork is done and the business is ready for YOU! Achieving our goal, to seek broad inclusion in Primary Healthcare for Chiropractors, will take us all working together. This is an exciting move forward for Doctors of Chiropractic in New Mexico and we know you will see its incredible value when you are approached with all the details and given the opportunity to join in this venture! During the Convention, you were presented with all the details on how to become involved. If you have not yet joined PPN, please contact Dr. Joe Edwards, PPN Membership Manager, at 505-836-3771. He will provide you with everything you need to get signed up. You will want to be one of the first 100 doctors to join in support of this great movement forward for NM DCs. We are moving toward having our first 100 doctor panel at a nice pace!! So . . . jump on board . . . you won't be sorry!!

On-Going Business

Thank you to all the Doctors of Chiropractic in NM that support the NMCA and the efforts of the Board of Directors and Committee Chairmen. These doctors are dedicated advocates of chiropractic and do their very best for each and every one of you. I know they would love to have your comments and suggestions for ways that the NMCA can continue to serve this great profession.

Be safe, healthy, prosperous and extremely happy and enjoy the rest of your Summer!!

With warm regard,
Jaeni Aarden
Executive Director

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