by Tim Gaughan | Dec 6, 2024 | Action Reports
Membership Dues Associated with Trade Associations and Business Leagues Are Deductible as an Ordinary and Necessary Business Expense MAC members, did you know your professional dues are 98 percent deductible? Generally, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 6, 2024 | Action Reports
Michigan Law Requires Interest When an Insurer Fails to Timely Pay Claims A significant challenge to any chiropractic office is the prompt collection of payments from insurers. In 2002, the Michigan Legislature amended the Insurance Code (MCL §500.100-500.8302) to...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 5, 2024 | Action Reports
Medicare Paid for More Than 200,000 Unnecessary Procedures Over Three Years, Costing Approximately $2 Billion “In spinal surgery, as with other fields of medicine, physicians routinely overlook evidence to make exceptions, sometimes at shockingly high rates. This type...
by Tim Gaughan | Nov 20, 2024 | MAC News
On November 4, 2024, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) informed providers of an issue where Medicare Plus Blue claims may deny in error with a message stating “invalid diagnosis code.” This problem stems from a delay in loading the updated ICD-10 codes into...
by Tim Gaughan | Nov 18, 2024 | MAC Matters, MAC News
House Bill 5956 Would Codify Federal Provider Anti-Discrimination Law in Michigan Last Thursday, the Michigan House Insurance and Financial Services Committee favorably reported MAC-developed, pro-chiropractic legislation that would codify the provider...
