Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has awarded Comprehensive Health Care Program contracts for Michigan’s Medicaid Health Plans (MHPs), which serve nearly 2 million Michigan residents receiving coverage through Medicaid and the Healthy Michigan Plan.
The five-year contracts include three, one-year optional extensions and go into effect Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. While MDHHS retained the same nine Medicaid health plans as their previous contract, there are some changes to their service areas:
With these changes, there will be impacts for beneficiaries who are currently enrolled with a health plan leaving a region. MDHHS has developed plans for ensuring individuals whose health plan is leaving a region are properly notified and can transition to another plan that will hold a contract within their county of residence. As they prepared for this, they prioritized (1) allowing for beneficiary transition that will involve choice; and (2) creating an environment with as little disruption as possible, aiming for no interim period of fee for service.
Beneficiaries whose plan will be leaving a region will receive a notification letter from the Department’s enrollment broker. Mailings began on August 26, 2024 and will continue through early September. The letters is printed on yellow paper and includes detailed instructions on how to choose a new health plan. Beneficiaries must respond by September 17, 2024, prior to the auto-assignment process starting on September 18, 2024, for new health plan coverage effective on October 1, 2024.
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