JOIN A COMMITTEE TODAY!
Help promote your profession. Consider joining one of the ANA Committees to advance the cause of Naprapathy today!
Contact us at info@naprapathy.org to find out more.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN NAPRAPATHY?
The exciting healing profession of Naprapathic Medicine awaits you, please go to the National College of Naprapathic Medicine's website at:
BECOME A DOCTOR TODAY
or call them at: (800) 262-6620, ext. 12
Email: admissions@naprapathicmedicine.edu
The American Naprapathic Association
(ANA) is the nation's oldest and largest association of Naprapaths. Founded in 1907, the ANA is a non-profit organization whose members are dedicated to protecting, preserving, promoting and expanding the manual
medicine discipline of Naprapathy in all of its endeavors.
Membership is open
to all individuals with a Doctor of
Naprapathy (D.N.) degree or who is otherwise licensed to practice Naprapathy in their State. There are also affiliated memberships and student memberships available. All of our members have a strong
commitment to the philosophy, art and science of manual medicine and sound holistic nutritional advice.
Membership in this
organization provides a multitude of benefits. First and foremost, the ANA monitors and fights legislation that could
limit you from practicing your profession.
Because ANA is the leader in the field of Naprapathic medicine, we are recognized by the World Organization for Alternative Medicine, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, and the Illinois Board of Naprapathic Examiners as the primary organization representing Naprapathic medicine in the
The American Naprapathic Association furthermore is the credentialing body for all Naprapathic higher educational institutions.
Recent By-Law revision was passed unanimously by quorum membership vote. Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Gold and Dr. Varanauski.
Please help us congratulate the new 2-year term appointees of the 2012/2013 Nominating Committee recently approved by the ANA Board: Members include: Dr Sharon DeVita (Committee Chair), Dr. Daryl Newman, Dr Andrew Kunkel, Dr. Lisa Gold, and Dr. Ted Rapacz.
Elections for 5 ANA Board Positions are being held in February. Please give your name to Dr. Sharon DeVita if you are interested HERE
The Naprapathic Legislative Fund 2012 30-hour CE schedule is almost complete! Dates for these 30 free* CE credits to be posted soon! See Calendar for complete schedule (once available).
Dont forget to contact your IL Legislators (State Sen and State Rep) for support of our Naprapathic Practice Act!
*30 CE Seminars free for $500 donation to NLF, non-contributors may attend for fee.
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Fall Annual Meeting and Members-Only Appreciation Party
We wish to thank all the ANA/INA Members who attended our recent Annual Meeting/Members-Only Party on Nov 12th, 2011 at the Morton Grove American Legion. It was a cozy and very productive meeting. We appreciate the effort from those ANA/INA members who were able to accommodate the late notice and attend this special "Member Appreciation" meeting. We all had a lot of fun!At that meeting, there was a majority-approved resolution to offer a SPECIAL RATE 1/2 Year Deal for Membership to renew membership rates good until December 15th 2011, or for those who want to take advantage of the Benefits of Membership for the very first time CLICK THIS LINK. Remember that Membership renews on June 30th of each year. Non-renewal will result in removal of doctor's name and business from the "Find a Naprapath" feature of this website, loss of 15% discount on events/products, and loss of support for the profession
Members please remember to VOTE on By-Laws revision. If you did not receive this PDF, please let us know ASAP. Details for the upcoming FREE CE Seminars (free for the contributors to the Naprapathic Legislative Fund) coming soon!
If you are interested in any open board position (including the 2 new positions recently created), be on a committee (including nominating committee or Council on Colleges) please contact us immediately at admin@naprapathy.org
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Sunset Action Plan Meeting update.
Many thanks to those who attended the Sept 25th meeting to support the official Sunset Action Plan! We are over halfway to our goal!
The Sunset Review of the Naprapathic Practice Act is almost upon us. The Illinois General Assembly must decide to
either continue or to revoke our Act in less than 17 months. We need every single
Naprapath to ACT, or we risk a negative outcome - the result of which could be the loss of right to practice
Naprapathy in Illinois. Go to SUPPORT to contribute today!
We need your active participation and
support like never before to push through our Practice Act. We request
and implore every single licensed Naprapath to contribute to the Naprapathic Legislative Fund.
Bonus: Contributors will be offered opportunity to receive 30 FREE CEUs,
PLUS updates on legislative efforts, dual-license issues, & new marketing
strategies. Please attend – please support your profession!
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Semi-Annual and Membership Drive
We are very pleased to announce the terrific line-up for the 2011 Semi-Annual Convention. In addition, the A.N.A., the I.N.A. and N.A.S.E.R. (formerly N.A.N.A.) continues to collaborate on numerous issues - including preparation for Sunset review, expanding our numbers, enhancing our profession and working with the college and the out-of-state organizations. There is much work to be done - especially as Sunset approaches! Therefore we are offering a very special membership deal which includes the convention at no additional cost!
As we move forward, we need your help - by participating in events; taking action to work towards collective goals; and financial support to make it all work. By taking advantage of our very special membership offer and joining us today, you automatically become a member of ALL the professional organizations representing Naprapathy in Illinois: A.N.A., I.N.A., and N.A.S.E.R..
Combining our efforts and experience is necessary to move us forward and make our profession the very best it can be! The offer we give today gives you an opportunity for a better future tomorrow. Please join us. JOIN TODAY
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Winter 2011 Update
The profession of Naprapathy is at a critical juncture. Significant adversity from 3rd party payors has significantly impacted our ability to be adequately compensated in the current health care environment. The uncertain fate of the Health Reform Act is further complicating this issue.
It
is necessary for all colleagues in the Naprapathic profession to now join
together to reach realistic solutions before we are disastrously affected by the profit-above-everything health insurance industry. It may interest you to know that our representative, for example Rep Pete Stark (D-Calif), chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, sent a letter to the top ten for-profit health insurance companies last year demanding they pass their excessive profits to their customers by lowering premiums. Rep Stark noted that these insurance companies made $9.3 billion in profits for the first 9 months of 2010 (up an avg of 41% over the same period in 2009!).
Despite the top 10 health insurance cartels increasing their profits 250% over the past 10 years - and last year alone they made 12.2 Billion dollars in combined profits - they continue to RAISE the insured's rates and DECREASE Naprapathic and other health provider reimbursements.
As changes occur in health care, our small profession risk being isolated, under compensated, and sometimes completely discounted by the insurance industry, and therefore, the general public alike as they must bow to their insurance companies restrictions. The entire Illinois-based Naprapathic leadership has been intensely focused with finding concrete solutions over the past several years in an attempt to find ways to become more recognized and accepted in the health care paradigm.
The American Naprapathic Association (ANA), the Illinois Naprapathic Association (INA), and the Naprapathic Academy of Science Education and Research (NASER – the education/research arm formed out of the former North American Naprapathic Association) have been working closely with each other to pursue all options to improve our professional stature. We are exploring several paths to allow us to remain practicing our discipline in the way we are accustomed - and for many years into the future. This effort involves certain legislative action and much effort by the above-named parties.
State
Representative Daniel J. Burke has unselfishly and strongly supported the Naprapathic profession for countless years. He understands our plight and
wishes to help us in any way he can. Senator Pamela Althoff has recently joined
him in efforts to improve our standing within the health care paradigm. They
understand our current goals and intent to elevate the profession. These supportive Illinois representatives will give the profession a summary of current efforts to elevate our profession.
If
you wish to make a fair wage, expand the teaching of our technique, increase the amount of practitioners and continue
to legally practice our specialized form of manual / physical medicine, we urge you to attend a special meeting on February 27th, 2011 at the William Tell Holiday Inn in Countryside, IL from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m to support
these efforts. Please E-mail Dr. James Kearns, DN, at admin@naprapathy.org
to discuss these efforts and find out how you can help move the profession forward. The
time for action is now!!!
Please don't forget to keep your dues up-to-date ... also, feel free to donate to our cause at our Support page!
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Fall 2010 Update
CLASS OF 2010
Welcome our New Colleagues!
On Saturday, November 6, 2010, the National College of Naprapathic Medicine proudly conferred the Doctor of Naprapathy degree to four new graduates. They are: Dr. Hector Gonzales, D.N., Dr. Masayuki Fujihashi, D.N., Dr. Jerilyn Fuda, D.N. and Dr. Olga Arbitman, D.N.. The ceremony was held at the school's annual graduation ceremony at the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club.
The ceremony was led by the school's new Board of Directors/President, Mr. Craig Cooper, who presided over a very happy group of graduates and their loved ones.
Let's offer them all a warm welcome into the naprapathic community, best of luck on the boards!
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Summer 2010 Update
The New ANA is 100% committed to bringing you a quality, relevant and exciting Annual Convention this fall. Our goal is not only to help fill your professional needs as a naprapath, but to bring you topics which interest you and will enhance your practice immediately. We encourage each one of you to request topics you find interesting and relevant for your convention.
In addition, we will be hosting an after-Convention Networking Hors d'oeuvres & Tasty Libations Event to continue our efforts to unite our profession once again through good conversation, a quick meeting, and important announcements.
This is YOUR convention. Everyone is invited; including our colleagues in New Mexico, all other parts of the country, students and in Europe too! Let's have the best one yet!
Naprapathically yours,
James Kearns, D.N. - President
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Spring 2010 Update
By Dr. James Kearns, D.N.
Spring is in the air!
As president, I want to keep everyone informed about the continued changes within the profession. I am happy to announce that the ANA and Dr. Rick Reschke will work more closely in the future to ensure the success of each and every naprapath. The ANA has also come to an agreement with Dr. Wayne Chicowicz and the Amercian College of Physical Medicine. The American College provides quality continuing education and the ANA is happy to promote its programs as we look to the future. The ANA will continue to work closely with the INA to promote advances for naprapaths here in Illinois. My feeling is that naprapaths need to unite more now than ever into a common voice in order to be heard. There are plenty of other health care fields that have passed us because we have not agreed to speak as a common voice.
The semi annual for the ANA was held at the William Tell Inn in Countryside on February 21, 2010. We had physical therapist Adam Wolf present practical information about functional rehabilitation. He included techniques we could use in the office on Monday. We also had a presentation from physiatrist Baljinder Bathla. He spoke about treatment of herniated discs using injections and pain management techniques. The semi annual finished with an ANA board meeting where new directors Rick Bisceglie, Rob Manfredini, and Daryl Newman were appointed as leadership in the profession.
The ANA website is up and running!!! This is a tool to help raise awareness for the profession and your practice. Visit www.naprapathy.org to find out more. The ANA is continuing to add new members who are looking to be part of the solution by donating their time and creativity. Beginning with the membership drive in February at the semi annual the ANA has added 35 new members. We also have a brand new Chicago-area phone number. It is: (312) 912-7984
In closing, I want to share the overwhelming sense of cooperation I have had in my position since January. If we continue to work together there is no telling where we can go and what can be accomplished. Keep on working together as a team!
February 2010 UPDATE
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The ANA is very proud to present our new board president, Dr. James Kearns, DN., who took over his new duties on January 1st, 2010. We are all sad to see Dr. Sharon Devita, DN step down as President. She will be returning for further educational pursuits and she has led the ANA honorably for the past 2 years. In addition, long time board member Dr. Joseph Kosar DN, Elaine Polley DN and Susan Trice DN are also stepping down.
Dr. Kearns brings with him a new vision for the profession and hopes to breathe a brand new vitality into this historic association.He has a thriving practice in Woodstock and will bring his many years of experience and successful business practices to his new position.
In addition to our welcoming in a new president, there are several new board members, including Dr Daryl Newman DN, Dr. Rick Bisceglie DN, and Dr Robert Manfredini DN who will be joining the organization. Dr. Daniel E Varanauski DN will be taking over as Vice-President, Dr Lisa Gold DN will take over as secretary and Dr Jacqueline DeBerard will be treasurer. Please wish the outgoing a fond farewell with us and offer a warm welcome to the new team!
There will also be some shifting of positions in order to accommodate these changes and help be more efficient at meeting our organizational needs and the needs of the membership ranks. The launch of this new website highlights the revitalization and commitment of the ANA to assist it's members in meeting all challenges in the near and distant future.
The current Board of Directors list can be found at the bottom of our About Us page.
