Doctor Resources
As a MAC member, you are entitled to a number of resources and services. From sample office forms to cutting-edge public relations materials, we strive to bring you the tools you need to smoothly run your practice.
Explore these and more resources in the links at left. If you have any questions, please contact the MAC office at (517) 367-2225.
If you are not already a member join the MAC today, please click here!
Frequently Used Documents
- Understanding Your Blue Cross Massage Therapy Benefit (Instructions and Form)
- Good Faith Estimate (GFE) In A Nutshell [NEW]
- Surprise Billing Sample GFE/Disclosure Form [NEW], Infographic, MAC Matters Article, New Federal "No Surprise Billing" Provisions Your Office NEEDS to Know
- Certify Disability Letter [SAMPLE]
- Sample Medical Retainer Agreement With Guide
- MAC Policy Statement on Patient Choice (Vaccination)
- Chiropractic and Delegation
For Your Practice
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
Materials
As a benefit to our members, the MAC has compiled general documents that we believe are important for doctors to have in their chiropractic practice. Please choose from the options below.
Don't see what you're looking for? Call the MAC! We would by happy to assist you! 517.367.2225.
Free Webinars
Navigating Michigan's New Auto No-Fault System
FACTUAL FRIDAYS - Informational Videos
- MACRA
- Medicare Limiting Charge
- Medicare Deductible and Co-Pay
- Michigan Sales Tax on Supplements
- Ransomware
- Checking Patient Benefits
- Workers Comp: 28 Day Rule
- Web-DENIS
- Patriot Project
- Documentation Signatures
- CAAP
- Convention - Bharon Hoag
- Convention - Dr. Dan Sullivan
- Convention - Garrett Gunderson
- Convention - Dr. Dennis Woggon
- License Rules and Regulations - Don't Risk Your License
- Service Animals
- Medicare on Treating Relatives
- Facebook Live with Carl Alden - MESSA - Orthodics
- Duty to Report
- Auto No-Fault MI Supreme Court Ruling
- Employee or Independent Contractor?
- Delegation
- Medical Records Copy and Transfer Fees
- Allowable Interest Rates
- Clean Claims
- BCBSM Fee Schedule: Important Update!
- Fall 2017 Convention
- Senate Bill 282 & 283
- Opioid Crisis
- Medicare OEP
- Human Trafficking Course Requirement
- MESSA Orthotics
- Medicaid Enrollment - CHAMPS
- Medicare ABN FAQs
- New CMS Cards
- Priority Health AT Modifier
- Medicare ABCs
BCBSM and BCN Webinars
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BCBSM Full Webinar - featuring Kris Dowell and Carl Alden
Medicare Series - Carl Alden (NEW!)
PQRS Webinar - Carl Alden
ICD-10 Frequently Asked Questions - Dr. Evan Gwilliam
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ICD-10 Boot Camp - When to start using the codes
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ICD-10 Boot Camp - Work Comp and PI carriers
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ICD-10 Boot Camp - Subluxation Code
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ICD-10 Boot Camp - EHR Software
ICD-10 Extra Practice Case Studies - Dr. Evan Gwilliam
Medicare Frequently Asked Question - Susan McClelland
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Susan Snippet - Non-Participating
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Susan Snippet - ABN
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Susan Snippet - Denied. Now what?
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Susan Snippet - DME
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Susan Snippet - Limit of Office Visits
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Susan Snippet - Opt out?
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Susan Snippet - AT Modifyer
Member Vendor Webinar Opportunities
ChrioMatrix has a variety of educational webinars available in regards to social media and enhancing your website. Visit their course catalog to see their extensive library.
Free ChiroHealthUSA webinar opportunities are here! Please check out their extensive catalog to find LIVE webinars!
MORE FREE WEBINARS COMING SOON!
Office Forms
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
General Practice Information
Examination Forms
"How To" Guides
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
Creating A Professional Services Corporation (PC)
Creating A Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC)
Dealing with the Media
State of Michigan Forms
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
Disability Placard Application
Medical Records
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
Michigan Chiropractic Administrative Rules On Record Keeping (This Rule is no longer included in the Michigan Board of Chiropractic Administrative Rules, but is still a good rule of thumb regarding what should be included in patient records.)
HIPAA
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
BCBSM/BCN
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
Important Forms
2022 BCBSM TRUST and Traditional Fee Schedule (Effective July 1, 2022) [NEW]
Physical Medicine Treatment Plan Notification Form
Other
BCBSM And The Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP), aka The Reward Pool
PO List with Contacts (Updated May 2021)
BCBSM Provider Consultant Contacts
Medicare/Medicaid
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
MEDICARE
Forms
2023 Medicare Fee Schedule [NEW - Updated January 19, 2023]
Medicare Local Coverage Article (LCA) (Effective 10/1/2021)
Medicare Benefit Policy Manual
What Medicare Patients Need To Know 2022 (NEW)
Medicare P A R T Examination Form
ABN Form (CMS-R-131) (Zip file containing editable and Spanish versions of form) [Instructions]
Medicare Billing Requirements
- Medicare Documentation Job Aid for Doctors of Chiropractic (PDF) Educational Tool to help chiropractors bill Medicare correctly.
- Medicare Coverage for Chiropractic Services – Medical Record Documentation Requirements for Initial and Subsequent Visits (PDF) MLN Matters Article
- Use of the AT modifier for Chiropractic Billing (New Information Along with Information in MM3449) (PDF) MLN Matters Article
- Educational Resources to Assist Chiropractors with Medicare Billing (PDF) MLN Matters Article
- Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15 (PDF), Sections 30.5 and 240
- Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12 (PDF), Section 220
Other Resources
Misinformation On Chiropractic Services
Medicare Coverage For Treating Relatives
Avoiding Medicare Fraud and Abuse
Medicare Gifts Inducements (2016 Update)
DUAL ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
MEDICAID
Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual
Workers' Compensation
This is a MEMBERS ONLY portion of the website. This information is constantly being updated as a member benefit to you. Thank you for your continued support!
The MAC has created a solution to our members’ workers’ compensation needs! We have partnered with full-service specialty insurer Mourer Foster and the Michigan workers’ compensation insurance experts at Retailers Insurance Company to create a member group safety dividend program for MAC members.
For information regarding benefits received by program policyholders, contact Wes Hoffrichter at the MAC at (517) 367-2225 or wes@chiromi.com.
To start the quote and application process, click HERE.
Workers Compensation Information
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Veterans/TRICARE
Veterans
The men and women of our Armed Forces make incredible sacrifices in service to our country, and the natural, drug- and surgery-free approach of chiropractic care can be especially beneficial to active-duty military and Veterans. The MAC’s Veterans Task Force has assembled several resources to help you navigate the VA Health System and care for your community’s veterans.
Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Network (CCN)
The VA MISSION Act went into effect on June 6th, 2019, aiming to improve Veterans' access to health care in VA facilities and the community. This VA reform law has several components, including the implementation of the Community Care Network (CCN). The CCN enables eligible Veterans to receive care in the community when certain services are not available or accessible at a VA medical center.
In early 2020, all five of Michigan’s VA Medical Centers (Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, Iron Mountain, and Saginaw) transitioned away from TriWest and to Optum Health for the administration of the VA’s Community Care Network.
Join the Network
If you are interested in serving Veterans in your local area, you must join the VA Community Care Network. To join, call CCN Provider Services for Region 2 at (844) 839-6108 from 8 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.
If you have previously cared for Veterans through TriWest/EmpowerChiro, you need to initiate a new contract with the CCN through Optum. You will not receive authorizations from the VA without joining the Optum VA CCN network.
A provider may choose to enroll specifically with the Optum VA CCN network and not all commercial Optum/United Health Care networks.
VA CCN Referral Process
- VA Medical Center (VAMC) determines Veteran’s need and eligibility for care in the community.
- VAMC contacts the VA CCN provider to confirm they will accept the referral and schedule an appointment.
- A referral packet, including authorization, is sent to the VA CCN provider. The authorization includes medically necessary services included in a Standardized Episode of Care (SEOC).
- The Veteran is seen by a VA CCN provider for medically necessary services.
- Provider sends medical record to VAMC.
- Provider bills Optum for the care.
- If additional services are required, provider submits a Request for Services (RFS) form to VA.
Helpful VA CCN Resources
VA Community Care Provider Portal
- VA CCN/Optum Provider Reference Guide
- CCN Provider Manual & Resources
- Claims Processing Guidelines
- Documentation Requirements
- Standardized Episode of Care (SEOC), SEOC Billing Code List
Contact Information
- VA CCN Region 2: (844) 839-6108
TRICARE
TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families around the world. While the Department of Defense health system covers chiropractic care for Active Duty military personnel, activated National Guard troops, and Reserve members, at this time, unfortunately, TRICARE does not cover chiropractic care. For more information, see TRICARE and Chiropractic.
However, TRICARE is moving in the direction of covering chiropractic. For more information, see these articles in Dynamic Chiropractic, American Military News, and Military.com. Stay tuned!
Relevant Studies
- Trends in the Use and Characteristics of Chiropractic Services in the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Integration of Chiropractic Services in Military and Veteran Health Care Facilities: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Battle Creek VA Medical Center
Counties included: Mason, Lake, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Muskegon, Montcalm, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch.
Battle Creek VA Medical Center, CCN Division: (269) 966-5600 ext. 30713
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center
Counties included: Washtenaw, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson, Livingston, Shiawassee.
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center: (734) 769-7100
Saginaw VA Medical Center
Counties included: Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Charlevoix, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Alcona, Oscoda, Crawford, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse, Benzie, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Bay, Midland, Isabella, Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac, Lapeer, Saginaw, Genesee, Gratiot, Osceola
Saginaw VA Medical Center: (989) 497-2500
Detroit VA Medical Center
Counties included: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb
Detroit VA Medical Center: (313) 576-1000 ext. 63183 or ext. 63874
Iron Mountain VA Medical Center
Counties included: All U.P. Counties
As the Iron Mountain VAMC is in a separate than Michigan’s other four VAMCs, please reach out to Sarah Buckley for info on providing non-VA care in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Iron Mountain VA Medical Center: (906) 774-3300 ext. 34422
Licensure/CE Requirements
More than 75 percent of Michigan’s doctors of chiropractic belong to the MAC, one of the largest unified state associations in the nation. The MAC strives to protect and enhance the chiropractic profession through organized leadership, education, and the promotion of the chiropractic discipline and practice.
Through our advocacy for doctors of chiropractic, their patients, and the profession as a whole, the MAC provides Michigan’s chiropractic community with a strong voice in state government, innovative legal strategies to end discrimination against chiropractic, and all the tools needed to run a successful chiropractic practice in the 21st Century.
If you are not already a member of the MAC, please join today! The benefits are numerous, and we all speak louder when we speak with one unified voice!
License Requirements
The current Administrative Rules require that doctors obtain 30 hours of continuing education over the two-year licensure period for license renewal, 15 of which may be completed on-line unless noted. These 30 hours must include:
- Two hours in physical measures
- Two hours in the performance and ordering of tests
- One hour in ethics
- One hour in sexual boundaries
- One hour in pain and symptom management
Each license period you must also receive two (2) hours of Implicit Bias training. This is in addition to the 30 CEs required.
You must also have completed your Human Trafficking training. This is a one-time only requirement and not needed for every license renewal.
Relicensure
The State of Michigan recently updated the Michigan Board of Chiropractic's Administrative Rules. One of the areas that changed in the new Rules governs relicensure. For more information, contact the MAC's Lisa Love-Smith (lisa@chiromi.com) or Tim Gaughan (tim@chiromi.com). Lisa and Tim can also be reached by phone at the MAC office at (517) 367-2225.
Filing Cabinet
As a benefit to our members, the MAC maintains a record of ALL continuing education courses you have taken with us. These records are kept in a secure location and receives daily backups on a secure server offsite. If you would like us to store other CE courses from outside organizations, please contact Stephanie at 517.367.2225 or email stephanie@chiromi.com.
Helpful Links
- State of Michigan License Renewal Website
- Michigan Board of Chiropractic
- Michigan Board of Chiropractic Meeting Agendas and Minutes
- Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Contact Information
- Michigan Bureau of Health Care Services
- Verify a Health Professional License
- Health Licensing Application Status Lookup
- Health Professional Recovery Program (HPRP)
Legislative Action Center
>>2018 Grassroots Action Questionnaire<<
While not quite the “Blue Wave” that some pundits had predicted, Michigan Democrats had reason to be happy on November 6, 2018, as they managed to re-take the governor’s mansion for the first time in eight years, pick up seats in both chambers of the Michigan Legislature, flip two Republican seats in Congress from red to blue, and pick up a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. The 100th Michigan Legislature, which began January 1, 2019, has seen a tremendous amount of change, with new leadership in three of the four legislative caucuses, 30 new members in the Michigan Senate, and dozens of new representatives in the Michigan House. With all this new blood, it remains essential that we develop relationships with the newcomers while strengthening those we have with returning lawmakers.
The MAC Grassroots Action Project
MAC staff has compiled a comprehensive listing of each of Michigan’s 14 Congressional districts, 38 Michigan Senate districts, and 110 Michigan House of Representatives districts, broken down by MAC district. Each legislative district also outlines exactly which communities (counties, cities, townships, etc.) are contained within its borders, as well as that district’s senator or representative. During election years, the documents will contain candidates for each office from the major parties (Democratic, Republican, and in some districts Libertarian), as well as historical data on the district’s political “base,” determined by past legislative and presidential voting results.
This project gives us an opportunity to determine which lawmakers (and races in election years) will have the greatest direct effect on passage of our legislative agenda (or control of the legislature) and potentially the future of chiropractic in the state and our members.
Election Resources:
UPDATED: 2/5/2019. These files were updated after the new Michigan Legislature and Congress convened in January. Updates include 2018 election winners, committee assignments, analysis, and more!
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Scope of Practice
Scope of Practice
Michigan’s Chiropractic Scope of Practice
In January 2010, after a 30-year fight, our new chiropractic scope of practice became law. The new law brought our scope – previously the most restrictive in the nation – into line with the rest of the United States and now appropriately reflects the education and training a chiropractor completes to become licensed. For more information on Michigan’s chiropractic scope of practice, plus additional information relevant to a practicing doctor of chiropractic, see below:
Auto No-Fault
Auto No-Fault
Auto No-Fault Changes Start July 2, 2020!
Webinar, Patient Resources Available
Some major changes are coming to Michigan’s auto no-fault system, beginning this Thursday, July 2nd. Before making any changes to your policy, we urge you to familiarize yourself with the information below, and consider providing your patients with our one-page explanation of the changes and our recommendations for coverage.
MAC Government Relations and Insurance Director Carl Alden and MAC member benefit attorney Leslie Kohn have collaborated on a webinar explaining everything you need to know moving forward in the new world of Michigan’s auto no-fault system. How will these changes affect you? Your patients? Your practice? Carl and Leslie have the answers!
Carl Alden and Leslie Kohn Q&A Webinar (No CEs)
Patient One-Pager (Color)
Patient One-Pager (Less color for printing)
Additional Resources
Sample Auto Accident Phone Intake Form PDF
Sinas-Dramis Law Firm: Navigating the Chaos: The New No-Fault Legislation(C)
Sinas-Dramis Law Firm: Making Smart Choices: A Summary Guide to the New Auto No-Fault Law
Kohn Closed Head Injury Checklist
Kohn Roundtable Auto Accident Chart Documentation
For nearly 20 years, CPAN and its members and advocates have been fighting to ensure auto insurance legislation in Michigan protects auto accident victims and all Michigan drivers instead of auto insurance company profits. The MAC is a founding and Executive Committee member of CPAN. For more information, click here.
Resources
Worksafe
Michigan WorkSafe is one of the most successful spinal health and ergonomic initiatives in the country. This innovative, successful program helps inform Michigan’s workforce about the healing power of chiropractic.
MAC doctors provide expertise in spinal health and injury prevention to the highest risk industries in the state: Manufacturing, Health Care, Construction, Transportation, and Warehousing. Compensation covered by the grant includes $95 / training hour (Zoom & In-Person Presentations).
Over the last 20 years doctors have trained nearly 100,000 workers. The program is a collaboration with MIOSHA’s worker educational grant division.
To be a Doctor-Presenter, Contact Kathy Schaefer by email at: MACworksafe@Gmail.com
Learn about the program at: www.MichiganWorkSafe.com
Doctor Resources
416 W. Ionia, Lansing, MI 48933
517.367.2225 (P)
517.367.2228 (F)
info@chiromi.com
Board Information
