To ensure beneficiaries undergoing life-saving treatment such as cancer treatment or dialysis can keep their health care coverage and complete their treatment, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has extended their renewal through May 2024.
“We recognize that some beneficiaries may be undergoing lifesaving treatment and the loss of Medicaid coverage could have catastrophic results,” said Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS director. “We have changed the renewal date for those individuals to the final month of the renewal process to allow them time to finish their treatment and make necessary plans for obtaining new insurance coverage if they are found to be ineligible. We believe this is the best way to balance life-saving treatment needs within the rules of the redetermination process being required by federal legislation.”
The renewal flexibility for those receiving life-saving treatment applies to beneficiaries undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy infusions or dialysis who are not able to be passively or automatically renewed and do not have other comprehensive health insurance coverage, like Medicare.
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 were paused for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Michigan annual renewals are being staggered to take place monthly through May 2024.
MDHHS also announced Tuesday it has renewed Medicaid or Healthy Michigan plan coverage for 148,654 people whose eligibility was up for redetermination in August. The latest data on Medicaid renewals can be found on MDHHS’ online dashboard.
The dashboard – which is updated monthly – shows that 419,320 people have been renewed to date. The department is awaiting completed enrollment forms from another 98,109 people who were up for renewal in August and have until the end of September to return their paperwork.
There were 11,187 people who were disenrolled in August because they were no longer eligible and 2,336 whose eligibility was not renewed for procedural reasons – such as not providing requested verification documents like driver’s license, pay stubs and bank statements.
MDHHS advises all Medicaid enrollees to check their renewal month at michigan.gov/MIBridges. MDHHS will send monthly renewal notices four months before a beneficiary’s renewal date and follow up with text messages, phone calls, and emails during their renewal month.
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