A Professional Commitment - A Great Value
When you support the MAC, you are supporting your profession. MAC membership dues, programs, and vendor partners fund services that benefit the chiropractic profession, including legal and legislative advocacy, and public education. Here are some of the reasons YOU should be a MAC member and make a professional commitment to the association that represents YOUR best interests!
The Value of MAC Membership: There is Strength in Numbers
By Jeromy Myers, DC
Your right to practice is not guaranteed.
Insurance companies, the state legislature, and the courts regularly make decisions affecting YOUR practice and you need a strong and reliable professional association fighting for YOUR interests! The MAC is here to help you protect your license and ensure the value of your practice, now and into the future.
You must be involved and engaged in order to appreciate and reap the full benefits offered by the MAC. The more involved you are, the better we can understand your needs, and the more effective we will be for chiropractic. In other words, and this is true of many things we encounter in life, “The benefit you earn is directly proportional to the effort you put forth.”
You made a tremendous personal investment when you decided to become a chiropractor. You know that it takes hard work and dedication to achieve success. Your hard work and dedication is matched by your state association, which strives to provide the tools for each and every doctor in Michigan to not just survive, but thrive!
The revenue collected from your dues provides a vital source of support to the MAC’s legislative, legal, insurance, and public relations agendas. If you want the MAC to be able to advocate on your behalf, fight discrimination at the court and administrative agency level, and to be able to get the word out to the public about the healing power of chiropractic, your membership in the MAC is critical.
- Member Benefits
- MAC Perks
- Membership Levels
- Vendor Membership Sponsorship
- CA Advancement Program (CAAP)
Member Benefits
All MAC Members receive the following valuable benefits:
The MAC offers a wide array of benefits for our members. In addition to receiving discounted or free seminars and conventions, discounted or free classified ads, and highly deductible membership dues, the MAC offers the following member benefits:
- Public relations programs to promote chiropractic and YOU statewide
- Member only informational materials
- Fact sheets and brochures for you and your patients
- Free referral listing on our web site, through our Find-A-Doc pages
- Information you need to manage your practice successfully
- Assistance with legal, legislative and insurance questions and concerns
- Watchful insurance committee to keep you abreast of changes in insurance codes and billing procedures
- New doctor programs assistance through the Member Advocacy Program (MAP)
- Quality continuing education programs designed to motivate, educate, and enhance your practice
- The MAC Journal, the award-winning publication offering the latest in chiropractic news, trends, laws, and events
- Regular email updates through our Week in Review
- Opportunities to broaden your professional horizons
- Work Safe
- Legislative and political advocacy
- Legal initiatives
- MAC Vendor Members & Benefits
MAC Perks
New Member Benefit – The MAC Perks Program!
Always on the lookout for innovative ways to help our doctors get the maximum value with their MAC membership, the Membership, Recruitment and Benefits Committee is extremely proud to announce the creation of the MAC Perks Program, a discount program that provides exclusive savings on goods and services at premium companies throughout the state.
Save BIG from companies such as Hertz Rent-a-Car, Office Depot, First Choice Coffee, HotelStorm, and more. It’s another way we work to reward and give back to our members! Start saving TODAY!
MAC membership categories are as follows:
MAC members are afforded a wide array of member benefits described on the Member Benefits page. Additional benefits vary by membership level/category.
All MAC Members receive the following valuable benefits:
- Dedicated doctors, highly professional staff, and seasoned consultants to ensure strong advocacy and prompt answers to your questions
- Aggressive legal and legislative committees - fighting for full and open access to chiropractic for all patients, and fair reimbursement for your services
- Opportunity to join MichiCare, the chiropractic network developed exclusively by MAC members, for MAC members
- Free/discounted rates for high-quality conventions, seminars, and webinars
- Valuable legal consultations on a variety of issues
- Effective public relations initiatives to put you in the public spotlight, including member-only health screening events, MyMACWellness, and Worksafe
- M.A.P. (MAC Advocacy Program), helping you map your future!
- District meetings, annual meetings, social networking, and many other professional growth opportunities
- Exclusive member-only information featuring valuable practice building and insurance tips
- Educational publications covering current hot topics
- Special pricing on a broad array of vendor products and services
- Find-a-Doc listing on website
- Free/discounted rates on classified ads
- Highly tax-deductible dues
| Evolving Doctor Member Student – First year of MI licensure |
All valuable benefits above PLUS: Free conventions, new doctor advocacy programs and materials, including: valuable information for starting your new practice, and new doctor receptions at conventions | FREE |
| New Doctor Member Second – Fourth year of MI licensure |
All valuable benefits above PLUS: One Free convention per year, new doctor advocacy programs, and new doctor receptions at conventions | $360 (Less than the cost of a convention!) |
| Established Member Fifth year of MI licensure plus |
All valuable benefits above PLUS: Discounted convention rates and special member assistance |
$720 |
| Century Club Member | All valuable benefits above PLUS: Free conventions for doctor and non-DC staff, discounted rates for select seminars, VIP Club receptions at conventions, Century Club pin, and no-charge legal consultations | $1,200 |
| Ambassadors Club Member | All valuable benefits above & Century Club benefits PLUS: All conventions and seminars at no-charge, Ambassadors Club pin, in-depth no-charge legal consultations, and special network opportunities | $2,220 ($1,020 dues, $600 MCLAC, $600 MAC-PAC) |
| Presidents Club Member | All valuable benefits above, Century Club, & Ambassadors Club benefits PLUS: Opportunities to meet with high-level policy makers, name listed in every edition of the Journal, President’s Club pin, and in-depth no-charge legal consultations | $3,420 ($1,020 dues, $1,200 MCLAC, $1,200 MAC-PAC) |
| Spouse Member (Primary Member at full dues) |
Spouse member receives all valuable benefits of primary member | ½ of Primary member dues (not to exceed $600) |
| Part Time Member (15 hrs or less/wk) |
All valuable benefits above |
$600 |
| Semi-Retired Member (25 yrs in practice & 15 hrs or less/week) |
All valuable benefits above |
$200 |
| Retired Member (Fully retired, not practicing) |
All valuable benefits above PLUS: Highly discounted convention rates |
$50 |
| Out of State Member | All valuable benefits above | $200 |
Vendor Membership/Sponsorship
The Michigan Association of Chiropractors (MAC) invites you to become a vendor member or vendor member benefit. As Michigan’s unified chiropractic association, we boast more than 75 percent participation by member doctors in the state of Michigan.
As a member or member benefit of the MAC, your investment offers you access to information and resources to assist your company in reaching our members.
The MAC offers three regular levels of vendor membership, and a negotiated Elite level so you can choose which will best suit your company’s needs.
Levels of Membership
Annual Partnerships
(Annual Contract Negotiated, generally $5,000+)
Individual arrangements may be negotiated based on your company needs. Annual Partnerships must be approved by the MAC, and may include additional benefits. Please contact lisa@chiromi.com, or call Lisa Love-Smith at (517) 367-2225 for information.
Enhanced Membership - $900/year
(Your company provides a specific benefit to MAC members, and may include residual income to the MAC)
The Enhanced Membership includes the following benefits for your company:
- Annual list of MAC members (names, address only)
- Opportunity to speak at MAC District meetings (arranged with District President – District officer’s information can be found on MAC Website)
- First referrals to MAC members
- Member Benefit listing in all MAC Journal issues for term of agreement
- Listing on MAC website of free pre-approved webinars produced by your company (restrictions apply – contact Lisa Love-Smith for more details)
- Opportunity to write educational articles for the MAC Journal (must be approved, and cannot be an unpaid advertisement)
- One-time introductory 250-word email describing your company and your member benefit
- Listing on Member Benefits Page of MAC Website, including logo, link to your website, and 1-2 sentence description
- Enhanced listing in Vendor Directory on MAC website
- Annual subscription to the MAC Journal
- Participation at MAC conventions at member rates
- Enhanced member rates on advertising
- One free ½ page ad in the MAC Journal (one issue) annually through term of agreement
Basic Vendor Membership - $300/year
- Annual subscription to the MAC Journal
- Participation at MAC conventions at member rates
- Listing in Vendor Directory on MAC website
CA Advancement Program (CAAP)
The MAC's Chiropractic Assistant Advancement Program (CAAP) is a valuable resource for Chiropractic Assistants (CAs) working in our member offices. The purpose of the CAAP is to provide CAs with education, up-to-date information, and office support - all specifically tailored for the modern chiropractic clinic!
One CAAP benefit is our new Chiropractic Assistant Newsletter - The CA Chat. We hope that this newsletter - which will be distributed quarterly via email - will be an indispensable publication for CAs across the state. The CA Chat will contain the latest information needed to effectively navigate CA tasks and responsibilities.
The MAC Chiropractic Assistant Advancement Program (CAAP) Certificate of Advancement will be awarded to participants that have completed 40 hours from the following categories:
Business: 12 hours
Science: 8 hours
Philosophy: 4 hours
Art of Chiropractic: 4 hours
Additional (from above categories): 12 hours
TOTAL: 40 HOURS
*NOTE: CAAP Registration is only open to chiropractic assistants employed by MEMBERS of the Michigan Association of Chiropractors.
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517.367.2225 (P)
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