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MSA 20-18
Michigan Medicaid - MDHHS·MI·Provider Bulletin
Effective date
Mar 27, 2020
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Michigan temporarily relaxed Medicaid hospital transfer requirements during COVID-19, allowing transfers to lower acuity facilities without medical necessity to free resources. Non-emergency ambulance transports were also allowed without physician orders in specific circumstances.
Action Required
No current action required. This was a temporary COVID-19 policy that expired in 2020 and is no longer in effect. For reference only - transfers to lower acuity facilities and ambulance transports had relaxed requirements through April 2020 or end of Michigan's COVID-19 emergency declaration.