MDHHS Releases Updated Wage Pass Through FAQs (SNF/AL)

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released updated FAQs regarding the direct care worker and non-clinical staff wage increase effective October 1, 2023. Beginning October 1, direct care workers are eligible for an $.85 per hour increase (up to $3.20 per hour), and certain non-clinical staff are newly eligible for an $.85 per hour increase. Eligible non-clinical staff are those whose costs are reported in the following job classifications in nursing facility institutional cost reports shared with the department:

• Other housekeeping
• Other maintenance worker
• Other plant operations
• Other laundry
• Dining room assistants
• Other dietary workers
• Other medical records
• Other social services
• Other diversion therapy
• Beauty and barber
• Gift, flower, coffee, and canteen worker

Reimbursement forms effective October 1, 2023, have not yet been issued.