01/17/2024

Michigan Medicaid Expanded to Cover Health Workers You May Not Have Heard of

A shift in Michigan Medicaid policy has bolstered funding for a category of health care worker that can have a bigger impact on a patient’s health than the wisest doctor or specialist.

Starting this month, Medicaid coverage is expanded to reimburse the state’s community health workers — frontline public health workers, trained to connect patients to housing, transportation, technology, services and even health information they can understand.

Specifically, Medicaid will reimburse organizations and clinics from $4.21 to $10.26 for every 15 minutes they provide education and training to patients. (Under the policy, community health workers who aren’t employed by others — but rather work on their own — could be directly reimbursed for such services.)

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