MichiCare Partnering with Breakthrough Coaching to Provide Multidisciplinary Practice Management Consulting Services MichiCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Michigan Association of Chiropractors, is proud to announce a partnership with Breakthrough Coaching, a national leader in the creation and development of multidisciplinary practices, to provide multidisciplinary practice management consulting services. “At MichiCare, we are committed…
Medicare Will Not Cover Charges that Result from Care of Immediate Relatives of the Provider. Be Careful as Other Insurers Often Follow Medicare’s Lead! Medicare, and most other insurances, will not cover charges by providers who are immediate relatives of the beneficiary or by providers who are members of a beneficiary’s household. Medicare excludes payment for…
An insurance policy is a legal contract between an insured individual and the insurance carrier; therefore, the patients legal name should ALWAYS be used. Recently, some of our clients have had difficulty lining up patient information because of names being entered incorrectly with nicknames instead of legal names. You should always use the insured person’s…
To ensure a seamless billing process, reduce claim denials, and receive accurate and timely payments in your chiropractic practice, it is imperative that you do a verification of eligibility and benefits before a patient’s first appointment. With the amount of workflow your front desk is responsible for, this important first step sometimes falls through the…
Chiropractic billing and sourcing can be very time consuming. Because of this, many practices are turning to third party billing solutions. MichiCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the MAC, offers a comprehensive and professional chiropractic billing service designed to reduce the administrative burden of practicing chiropractors, save the practice time and money, and utilize our…
The traditional chiropractic practice has served the profession very well for 125 years, but more and more chiropractors across the nation are turning toward a multidisciplinary, or integrated, practice model. In a recent survey, Chiropractic Economics magazine found that 27% of respondents reported practicing in a multidisciplinary setting [defined as having a practicing DC and…
Medical billing can be complex, expensive, and very time consuming. Because of this, many practices are turning to third party billing solutions. MichiCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of the MAC, offers a comprehensive and professional chiropractic billing service designed to reduce the administrative burden of practicing chiropractors, save the practice time and money, and lean…
There is a lot to manage in any chiropractic practice. Coding, compliance, billing… all take significant time and effort and can monopolize doctors’ valuable time! A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that for every hour doctors spend seeing patients, they spend two doing non-clinical administrative tasks. “The administrative burden placed…