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 | Oct 31, 2024 | Action Reports
The Factors to Consider When Setting Your Fee Schedule By: Carl Alden, MAC Consultant The Michigan Association of Chiropractors (MAC) is often asked, “How much should I be charging?” or a similar question. This is understandable, as the pricing of products or...
by Tim Gaughan | Oct 31, 2024 | Action Reports, MAC News
Failure to Revalidate By the Deadline Will Result in Being Inactivated in the System and Unable to Receive Payment from Any Medicaid Program By: Stephanie Davidson, MAC Insurance Relations Manager What You Need to Know! All providers are required to revalidate...
by Tim Gaughan | Oct 31, 2024 | Action Reports
Be Sure to Check Medicare Patients’ Cards A Data Breach Earlier This Year Caused Medicare to Issue New Cards to Affected Beneficiaries In July, Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS) notified the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that files containing...
by Tim Gaughan | Oct 31, 2024 | Action Reports
New Survey Finds Majority (82%) of Americans Have Experienced Back or Neck Pain in Their Life; Most Chiropractic Users Find It an Effective Method to Relieve Pain More than four in five Americans (82%) have experienced back or neck pain in their life, according to a...
by Stephanie Davidson | Oct 9, 2024 | Action Reports, MAC News
Updated September 16, 2024 The 2025 ICD-10-CM diagnosis code updates will be effective starting October 1, 2024. These updates include 252 new codes, 36 deletions, and 13 revisions. While the full list of changes impacts various medical disciplines, several codes are...
