by Tim Gaughan | Feb 26, 2024 | Action Reports, MAC Matters, MAC News
How Could This Affect Your Practice? Beware of Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors! In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule changing the criteria for classifying independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards...
by Tim Gaughan | Jan 19, 2024 | MAC Matters, MAC News
MAC Insurance Relations Team Recommends All Offices Familiarize Themselves with This Guidance Yesterday, Anita Fox, Director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), issued an Insurance Bulletin (2024-06-INS) regarding payment and billing...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 18, 2023 | MAC Matters, MAC News
MAC Members: Access the Updated Fee Schedule WPS Medicare has released the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Unfortunately, the fees reflect reductions of between 3.4 and 5.5 percent, the result of a decrease to the conversion factor and budget neutrality...
by Tim Gaughan | Nov 21, 2023 | MAC Matters
Open Enrollment Period for Providers Now Open – Make Your Participation Decision by December 31st! Medicare’s open enrollment period for providers for Calendar Year 2024 is now open. During this period, providers must make their Medicare participation decision by...
by Tim Gaughan | Oct 16, 2023 | MAC Matters, MAC News
The MAC has received word from the State of Michigan that the two hours of Implicit Bias Training required by the State each license period no longer has to be in addition to the 30 hours of continuing education needed for license renewal but may be counted as part of...
by Tim Gaughan | Sep 29, 2023 | MAC Matters, MAC News
Bills Would Fix a Range of Problems Created By the Auto Reform Package Signed Into Law in 2019 For information on how these bills could directly affect chiropractors who provide care for auto no-fault patients, see below! On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Michigan state...