Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.
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If you cannot afford child care, payment assistance is available.
Children's Special Health Care Services information and FAQ's.
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Information on the Food Assistance Program, eligibility requirements, and other food resources.
Information about the health care programs available through Medicaid and how to qualify.
Our migrant program works with a number of organizations to provide services for Michigan’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
A federal program which helps persons admitted into the U.S. as refugees to become self-sufficient after their arrival.
Universal caseload, or task-based processing, is a different way of handling public assistance cases.
Information on the Children's Protective Services Program, child abuse reporting procedures, and help for parents in caring for their children.
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Programs for healthy children & families, including immunization, lead poisoning prevention, prenatal smoking cessation, and many others.
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Information about the Michigan law that requires certain information be made available to a woman who is seeking an abortion at least 24 hours prior to the abortion procedure.
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MDHHS and partners support a continuum of prevention services. The continuum is inclusive of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. Visit this page to learn more.
Information about injury and violence prevention programs in Michigan
Information on Safe Sleep for your baby, how to protect your baby's life.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Division of Environmental Health (DEH) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Resources and information to assist in assuring firearm safety for families in the state of Michigan.
The Division of Victim Services (DVS) provides a voice advocating for and responding to all victims of crime in Michigan. Learn more about DVS-funded programs and services, including Michigan’s 24/7, free, confidential, and anonymous domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines.
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Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
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Home to an array of public health programs, initiatives and interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of women, infants, families and communities.
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The Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOAHR) was created by EO 2019-06 as a Type 1 Agency within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). MOAHR holds administrative hearings for a variety of departments when decisions are contested. The Benefit Services Division (BSD) holds administrative hearings for MDHHS related to Medicaid program eligibility/public assistance and, once enrolled into Medicaid programs, for beneficiaries and providers who are contesting actions taken by MDHHS, their contracted agencies, or managed care entities after internal appeals have been exhausted. MOAHR-BSD receives over 60,000 hearing requests per year regarding numerous Department programs.
Mission Statement
The MOAHR benefit services division mission is excellent customer service in the adjudication of administrative fair hearings. In pursuit of its mission, MOAHR promptly schedules and mails notifications of administrative hearings for persons requesting a hearing. MOAHR for MDHHS issues timely, clear, concise and legally accurate hearing decisions and orders.
Medicaid Benefit Hearings Forms
Several hearings related forms are accessible below for hearings related to the Medicaid beneficiaries and Medicaid providers. MOAHR forms are made available in Microsoft Word format so they can be downloaded and filled in using a computer. The forms can also be printed out on paper and completed by hand.
Beneficiary Forms
DCH-0018 Request for Hearing when a beneficiary does not agree with any decision made by MDHHS to deny, reduce or terminate benefits (eligibility)
DCH-0092 Request for Hearing for a Medicaid service issue or service level change (not for eligibility/benefits)
MDHHS-5617 (MAHS) Request for State Fair Hearing-for use in actions taken by Managed Care Organizations
DCH-0093 Request for Withdrawal of Hearing
Public Assistance Hearings Forms
This form is used to appeal Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) determinations for the food assistance program (FAP), the cash assistance program (FIP), the child development grant program (CDC), the state emergency relief program (SER) and for applications for Medicaid, MIChild, and Healthy Michigan Plan, that were denied. This public assistance request for hearing form is different than the Medicaid form or the Medicaid managed care organization form which are found in the next paragraphs. Submit the public assistance request for hearing to your local MDHHS office using this general public assistance request form:
DHS-18 Request for Hearing for use in actions taken by your local MDHHS case worker related to your program eligibility, cash assistance, food assistance, or other assistance programs.
DHS-18a Hearing Request Withdrawal
Provider Forms
DCH-0367 Hearing Summary
DCH-0829 Order Certification
DCH-0646 Forms Requisition
Contact Information:
Inquiries about the hearings process may be made to the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules for Michigan Department of Health and Human Services by calling 517-335-7519. For Medicaid beneficiaries only a toll free number is available at 1-800-648-3397. The fax number is 517-763-0146. If you prefer to write, the address is:
MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
P.O. BOX 30763
LANSING, MI 48909
Disclaimer
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