REMINDER: Medicare Open Enrollment Period Begins October 15th

by Tim Gaughan | Sep 30, 2024 | Action Reports

In Light of Recent Prior Authorization Requirements in Medicare Advantage, Be Sure to Tell Your Patients to Fully Research Any New Plan Prior to Enrolling!  Click here for a handout you can give to your Medicare patients before the upcoming Open Enrollment Period! We...

UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Requirements Still In Effect – Get Your Patients Involved!

by Tim Gaughan | Sep 30, 2024 | Action Reports

MAC and National Organizations Continue Effort to End This Unjustified Administrative Burden, Which Creates an Unnecessary Barrier to Access Conservative, Cost-Effective Care Options Download the UHC Patient Advocacy Flyer and Urge Your UHC Medicare Advantage Patients...

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Humana Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Requirements DO NOT Apply to Michigan!

by Tim Gaughan | Sep 9, 2024 | MAC News

UHC Requirement Still In Effect – Get Your Patients Involved! In August, we learned that Humana and UnitedHealthcare were implementing new prior authorization requirements for chiropractic services under their Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Requirements such as these...

Important Update: FTC Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements Set Aside by Texas Federal Judge

by Tim Gaughan | Sep 3, 2024 | Action Reports

Rule Will Not Go Into Effect on September 4th, as Scheduled  On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-compete Rule, which was scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024, finding that the FTC acted beyond its...

Did You Know… Medicare Advantage Requires Patient Records To Be Kept for 10 Years?

by Tim Gaughan | Sep 3, 2024 | Action Reports

Experts Recommend a Longer Retention Period for Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid Claims, Too As you are aware, Michigan law requires health care providers such as chiropractors to keep and maintain a record for each patient for whom the licensee has provided...