Understanding Medicaid Redetermination & Renewals with McLaren Health Plan

Yes, go to www.michigan.gov/mibridges to renew your benefits online and access your case. Contact your case worker if you need information regarding your case.

Find your local MDHHS office phone number in order to contact your caseworker.

Make sure you have your ID number or case number before you call.

You may receive a request from your case worker. If you do, please complete the paperwork as soon as possible. If you have a life change, you are required to contact your local MDHHS caseworker to inform them of the change. Life changes include:

• Name change
• Address change
• Income change. This include pay rate, employer, hours worked per week if more than a 5 hour difference, if anyone stops getting Social Security, pension changes, child support changes, or any unearned income change more than $50 since the last reported change.
• Job starts, changes and stops
• Changes in the number of people living in your home. This includes having a new baby.
• Shelter expenses. This includes rent receipt, mortgage payment, property tax bill, home owner insurance, heat, electric, phone and water.
• Work Related Activities. You must report if anyone in your household participated in approved employment-related activities such as Work Participation program, High School completion, GED or College.
• Child Care or Disabled Adult Care. You must report any need for, or change in, child care or disabled adult.
• You should report such changes as buying, selling, giving away, transferring, or receiving any assets. This includes bank accounts, land, cars and other vehicles, boats, life insurance, investments, lawsuit settlements and any other property.
• Health insurance changes
• Medical expenses
• School attendance

Contact your local library or your local MDHHS office regarding Internet access.

Find your local library address and phone number.

Search for a list of community partners that can assist with the Application Process.

If you need assistance with your Medicaid Renewal paperwork please call your local MDHHS office for help.

Search for a list of community partners that can assist with the Application Process.

Make sure you have your ID number or case number before you call.

Members can also search our webpage for a list of Community Navigation Events.

If you no longer qualify for Medicaid, you can save on benefits like free annual exams and virtual care, as well as protect your health with a great network of local providers—by going to the McLaren Health Plan’s Marketplace – Direct Enrollment website.

If you are turning 65 or have certain disabilities, you may qualify for Medicare whether or not you are still eligible for Medicaid.

You will need the following information, in order to fill out your Redetermination paperwork, in addition to submitting copies of these documents “as they apply to your situation” as proofs to your local MDHHS caseworker:

• Your ID (driver's license)
• Social Security numbers for everyone in the household who is applying
• Income (current or date it stopped)
• Application or receipt of unemployment compensation benefits (UCB)
• Bank account statements, 401k and other investment account balances, investment accounts and trust funds
• Shelter expenses. This includes rent receipt, mortgage payment, property tax bill, home owner insurance, heat, electric, phone and water.
• Paid child support 
• Daycare expenses
• Medical or health insurance card
• Unpaid medical bills
• Shut-off notices for shelter, heat or utilities
• Alien/Immigration status
• Marriage Certificate
• Divorce Decree
• Paternity form
• Pregnancy, expected date of delivery and number of children expected

Once you have completed your Medicaid Renewal paperwork, you must return it along with your proofs to your assigned MDHHS caseworker. Your Redetermination paperwork should be taken to your local MDHHS office or returned by mail to your local MDHHS office by the date listed on your Renewal paperwork (DCH-1010 form).

Find your local MDHHS office phone number.

Make sure you have your ID number or case number before you call.

Some Members will automatically renew and others may have additional paperwork to complete. You should get a notice in the mail 60 days prior to your Renewal Date.

Search for a list of community partners that can assist with the Application Process.

Make sure you have your ID number or case number before you call.