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2023 Medicaid Policy Bulletins

This page contains policy bulletins issued in 2023. 

For other years of approved Medicaid policy bulletins, click here.

For Notices of Proposed Policy, click here.  

For Provider "L" Letters, click here. (Provider "L" letters do not represent promulgated policy and are provided to communicate new developments, information, policy clarifications, etc.)

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Archived Proposed Medicaid Policy Distributed for Public Comment and Consultation Summaries 

Archived proposed Medicaid policy distributed for public comment and consultation summaries are available electronically upon request. If you would like to view historical versions of proposed Medicaid policy that were released for public comment or you would like to obtain a consultation summary of any bulletin, e-mail msadraftpolicy@michigan.gov with your request. Please identify the project number of the proposed Medicaid policy or consultation summary if known. If this information is unknown, reference the month, year, and subject of the bulletin or the consultation summary in your request. The documents will be e-mailed to you.

NOTE: Comments will not be accepted for proposed Medicaid policy after the public comment period has closed. 


Issue Date Bulletin Number Consultation Summary Subject
December 28, 2023 MMP 23-75 Policy Updates to the Habilitation Supports Waiver
December 28, 2023 MMP 23-62 Policy Updates to Behavior Treatment Review
December 15, 2023 MMP 23-76 Update to Provider Enrollment of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)-Required Personal Care Services Providers
December 4, 2023 MMP 23-68 Updates to the Medicaid Provider Manual; Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing Coverage Clarification
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-74 Project Number 2332-CHW Medicaid Coverage of Community Health Worker (CHW)/Community Health Representative (CHR) Services
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-72

Outpatient Hospital 340B Charges

December 1, 2023 MMP 23-69 Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-67 Skilled Maintenance Therapy
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-66 Documenting Beneficiary Consent Authorizing Automatic Refills of Prescribed Pharmacy Products
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-65

Policy Updates for the Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances Waiver (SEDW)

December 1, 2023 MMP 23-61 Coverage of Office Based Substance Use Treatment (OBSUT) Services
December 1, 2023 MMP 23-49

Substance Use Disorder Services - Hospital Physician Consultations

November 30, 2023 MMP 23-71 2351-HMP Healthy Michigan Plan Program Changes
November 29, 2023 MMP 23-70 Change in Interim Settlement for Nursing Facilities
November 28, 2023 MMP 23-73 Continuous Eligibility for Medicaid and MIChild for Children Under 19 Years of Age
November 27, 2023 MMP 23-63 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Updates
November 17, 2023 MMP 23-64

Change to Home Help Agency Provider Community Health Automated Medicaid Processing System (CHAMPS) Enrollment

November 1, 2023 MMP 23-60 Asynchronous Telemedicine: Interprofessional Telephone / Internet / Electronic Health Record Consultations (eConsults), Updated Requirements
October 2, 2023 MMP 23-58 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-Related Medicaid Asset Policy
October 2, 2023 MMP 23-57 Update to Bridges Administrative Manual (BAM) Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Policy
October 2, 2023 MMP 23-56 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Demonstration
September 26, 2023 MMP 23-59 Medicaid Program Rate Updates FY 2024
September 1, 2023 MMP 23-54

Coverage of Microprocessor Prosthetic Knee-Shin Systems and Updates to Definitive Endoskeletal Below Knee Prosthetics Add-ons

September 1, 2023 MMP 23-53 Update to the Provider Enrollment Fitness Criteria Policy; Application Fees
September 1, 2023 MMP 23-52 Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual
September 1, 2023 MMP 23-51

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Updates

September 1, 2023 MMP 23-48 Policy Updates for the Children’s Home and Community-Based Services Waiver (CWP)
August 2, 2023 MMP 23-50 Updates and Clarification to Coverage and Reimbursement of Anesthesia Services
June 30, 2023 MMP 23-47

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-Related Medicaid Asset Policy

June 30, 2023 MMP 23-46 Weight Loss Surgical Procedures
June 30, 2023 MMP 23-45 Change in Non-Routine Therapy Prior Authorization (PA) Requirements for Medicaid Beneficiaries Residing in a Nursing Facility
June 30, 2023 MMP 23-44 Medicaid Asset Policy
June 30, 2023 MMP 23-43 Revisions to High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillating (HFCWO) Device and Accessories Policy
June 30, 2023 MMP 23-42 Provider Enrollment of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)-Required Personal Care Services Providers
June 9, 2023 MMP 23-40 Update to Reversal of Temporary COVID-19 MI Health Link (MHL) 1915c Waiver Appendix K Policies
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-41 Plan First Family Planning Group
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-38 Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-37 Targeted Case Management Services for Recently Incarcerated Beneficiaries
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-36

Plan First Family Planning Program

June 1, 2023 MMP 23-35 Rural Emergency Hospital Reimbursement
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-33 Michigan Diabetes Prevention Program (MiDPP)
June 1, 2023 MMP 23-32 Financial Eligibility for PACE Program
May 30, 2023 MMP 23-39 2325-PRTF Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
May 10, 2023 MMP 23-34 Reversal of Temporary COVID-19 Options for the Use of Nursing Facility Beds
May 1, 2023 MMP 23-18 Update to Coverage of Professional Hospital Outpatient Observation Care Services
May 1, 2023 MMP 23-31 Revisions to Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGMS) Policy
May 1, 2023 MMP 23-29 Resuming Renewals for all Medicaid Programs
April 20, 2023 MMP 23-30

Repealing the Suspension of Medicaid Closures

April 12, 2023 MMP 23-28 Termination of Non-Emergency Follow-up Services Per Bulletin MSA 20-40 - COVID-19 Response: Emergency Services Only Beneficiaries and Coverage of Testing and Treatment of COVID-19
April 12, 2023 MMP 23-25 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Updates
April 12, 2023 MMP 23-20 COVID-19 Response: Reversal of Temporary COVID-19 Relaxation of Face-to-Face Requirement Policies and Update to Face-to-Face and In Person Definitions
April 10, 2023 MMP 23-17 Maternal Infant Health Program Telehealth
April 7, 2023 MMP 23-27 End of the Federal Public Health Emergency and Unwinding of COVID-19 Response Policies
April 7, 2023 MMP 23-26

Temporary Extension to the Disaster Relief Policies for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Specific to Clinic Vaccine Administration Payments

April 7, 2023 MMP 23-24 COVID-19 Response: Continuation of COVID-19 Laboratory Policies
April 7, 2023 MMP 23-23 Reversal of Temporary COVID-19 MI Health Link (MHL) 1915c Waiver Appendix K Policies
April 7, 2023 MMP 23-22 COVID 19 Response: Recission and Continuation of Portions of Bulletin MSA 20-41
April 7, 2023 MMP 23-21 Reversal of Temporary COVID-19 Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) Policies
April 7, 2023 MMP 22-53 Rescinding COVID-19 Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Flexibilities
March 31, 2023 MMP 23-19 Updates to Genetic and Molecular Testing Standards of Coverage; Updates to Medicaid Coverage of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing; and Waiver of Out-of-State Provider Prior Authorization Requirement for Genetic Testing Laboratories
March 31, 2023 MMP 23-15 Update of the Flint Family Supports Coordination (FSC) Policy to Extend Post-Delivery Coverage to 12 Months
March 23, 2023 MMP 23-16 Behavioral Health Home (BHH) Expansion
March 2, 2023 MMP 23-14

Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual; Medicaid Eligibility Requirements; Federal Public Health Emergency

March 2, 2023 MMP 23-13 Changes to Medicaid Dental Coverage
March 2, 2023 MMP 23-10

Telemedicine Policy Post-COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

March 1, 2023 MMP 23-12

Updates to the Nursing Facility Change of Ownership (CHOW) Process

March 1, 2023 MMP 23-11 Clarification on LOCDs during a change of ownership for nursing facilities
March 1, 2023 MMP 23-07 Cochlear Implant Policy Updates
January 24, 2023 MMP 23-08 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Code Updates
January 23, 2023 MMP 23-09 COVID-19 Response: Update to MSA 20-76 COVID Relief Facilities, Tier II 85% Occupancy Limitation
January 5, 2023 MMP 23-02 Medicaid Coverage of Services Performed by Behavioral Health Program Graduates