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Chiropractors: Contact Your Legislators
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Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act
On January 16, 2025, legislation that would ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have full access to all the Medicare covered services a chiropractor can provide under his or her state’s chiropractic scope of practice was re-introduced in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation would allow Michigan’s more than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries to receive the full range of chiropractic care, not just manual manipulation of the spine to correct subluxation, as has been the case since 1972. Email Senator Peters, Senator Slotkin, and your member of Congress TODAY and ask him or her to co-sponsor the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act.
Health Insurance Chargeback Reform
Michigan is one of only 10 states that have no time limits on “chargebacks.” Healthcare providers have strict, timely billing limits, but insurers face no such limits on retroactively re-adjudicating claims. Health insurers set their policies, define payment terms, and adjudicate claims. If they do their job correctly, and properly adjudicate the claim in a timely manner, providers know where they stand and can make corrections when needed or, when appropriate, bill the patient. Insurers should be held to time limits, just like providers.
House Bill 5478 would:
- Impose a reasonable time limit on claim re-adjudication and recoupment, except in cases of fraud
- Create clear requirements and standards insurers must follow when requesting a chargeback