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Adult Services Manual (ASM) 155 - Home Help Reviews

Michigansub_regulatoryMDHHS — Adult Services / Home Help Policy Section· effective 2026-04-01

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1A face-to-face or phone contact must be made with the caregiver/agency caregiver at each review to verify services are being furnished; if by phone, the caregiver must offer identifying information such as date of birth and the last four digits of their SSN, and a face-to-face interview must take place at the next review.(Adult Services Manual (ASM) 155 - Home Help Reviews)

Applies to: personal care

Requires all Home Help cases to be reviewed every six months in MiAIMS, specifying the required in-home face-to-face client contact, guardian and caregiver contacts, Medicaid eligibility verification, documentation, and the mid-review increase and out-of-county transfer procedures.

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