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MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services)

Michigansub_regulatoryMichigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Medical Services Administration· effective 2025-10-01

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1When logging a community visit, a caregiver using the HHAeXchange+ mobile application must select "Community" as the Service Delivery Location; when logging a visit at a secondary address, the caregiver must select "Home" (EVV community/secondary-address rules).(MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services))
  • 2Home Help services provided outside the client's home must be logged in HHAeXchange or an alternative EVV system; providers using an alternative EVV system must ensure its mobile application can capture services provided in the community or a secondary address and send this information to HHAeXchange (Home Help EVV 3.4.A.1).(MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services))
  • 3Individual caregivers and agency providers must sign an MSA-4676 (Home Help Services Agreement) for every Home Help client prior to delivering services, and payments cannot be issued until the signed MSA-4676 is returned to the client's ASW or local MDHHS office (Home Help 8.6.A).(MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services))
  • 4Home Health Care Services (HHCS) provided through Home Health must meet EVV requirements; overlapping HHCS EVV visits will not be paid, and only the first (or earlier-start-time) visit submitted will be processed (Billing & Reimbursement for Institutional Providers 9.1.A).(MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services))
  • 5The client or their designee must share the address of a community or secondary-address service location with the client's ASW before services are provided at that location.(MMP 25-40 - Updates to the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual (October 2025 Updates; BPHASA Renamed Health Services))

Applies to: personal care

The October 2025 quarterly Medicaid Provider Manual update bulletin incorporating Home Help service-hour caps, the Home Help Services Agreement (MSA-4676) requirement, and new EVV requirements for Home Help services provided in the community or at secondary addresses.

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