by Tim Gaughan | Jan 10, 2025 | MAC Matters, MAC News
UHC Updates Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Requirement for Chiropractic Services Beginning January 13, 2025, Only Care Plans Requesting More Than 6 Visits or Exceeding Eight Weeks Will Be Assessed for Medical Necessity On January 8, 2025, UnitedHealthcare...
by Tim Gaughan | Jan 9, 2025 | MAC Matters, MAC News
After Vote at Today’s MAC Board Meeting, Dr. Eric Hartman Joins and Dr. M. Douglas Lynes Continues on MAC Executive Committee Under MAC By-Laws, at the MAC Board of Directors’ first meeting of the year, the incoming Board is charged with electing one of their members...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 26, 2024 | MAC Matters, MAC News
December 26, 2024, Breaking News On December 26, the Fifth Circuit Court reversed its December 23 ruling reinstating the BOI Reporting Rerquirement (see timeline below). As a result, businesses do NOT have to complete the BOI reporting to FinCEN. This is confirmed on...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 20, 2024 | MAC Matters, MAC News
House Bill 5956 Would Codify Federal Provider Anti-Discrimination Law in Michigan, Now Goes to Governor Whitmer for Consideration If signed into law, House Bill 5956 will be a tremendous victory for the chiropractic profession and other non-MD/DO providers. We...
by Tim Gaughan | Dec 9, 2024 | MAC News
WPS Medicare has released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Variations from 2024 include some very slight increases to deductions of a little more than 1 percent. At the same time, according to CMS, the Medicare Economic Index – the government measure of...
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...
