MAC Matters

Open Enrollment Period for Providers Now Open – Make Your Participation Decision by December 31st! Medicare’s open enrollment period for providers...

Many Michiganders on Medicaid face the loss of benefits over the next year as the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is required to begin checking the income levels of approximately 3 million beneficiaries to determine if they are still eligible for the program. Beneficiaries going through the redetermination process will be required to provide updated information about such determining factors as their income, household size, and other factors that may affect their eligibility. This “redetermination” process could force more than 250,000 Medicaid beneficiaries out of the program.

As you know, the State of Michigan recently moved the chiropractic profession to a license expiration date based on the date you initially received your license to practice. How does this new “issue date” expiration affect your yearly plan to get the continuing education you need when you need it? In light of this change, do you have a plan to obtain the continuing education and implicit bias training you need for license renewal?