Michigan Medicaid Renewals Update (SNF)

On July 10, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) unveiled an online dashboard available to the public that will show data on the renewal process for Medicaid coverage that recently restarted. Medicaid and Healthy Michigan Plan beneficiaries must renew their coverage over the next year to comply with federal legislation that requires states to resume the redetermination of Medicaid eligibility. Annual renewals had been paused for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In Michigan, renewals are being staggered to take place monthly. This started last month and runs through May 2024. 

The dashboard shows current data on renewals for June, which will change as the department processes additional forms. MDHHS has until the end of July to receive renewal forms from the June cohort and determine eligibility. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allowed Michigan and other states to take actions to preserve Medicaid coverage. As a result, MDHHS delayed disqualifying anyone from coverage for not returning the paperwork until the end of July. 

The dashboard – which will be updated every month – shows that, as of July 6, MDHHS renewed Medicaid or Healthy Michigan plan coverage for 103,540 people. That includes 30,456 renewals for enrollees who submitted their paperwork and 73,084 for people who were renewed by MDHHS because the department already had the information required for eligibility.

Also as of July 6, the department was awaiting completed enrollment forms from 100,161 people. There were 6,935 people who were determined to no longer be eligible for Medicaid, such as people whose income has increased and individuals whose cases were closed for administrative reasons – including lack of proof of updated income or exceeding the asset limit for eligibility. 

You may read the MDHHS press release for additional details. For more information about the how benefits connected to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency are changing, click here.