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Home Help Program (Medicaid personal care)

Individual caregivers hired by the client and agency caregivers of approved Home Help agencies. MDHHS runs the criminal history screening through CHAMPS enrollment, so the rules name no lookup for the agency itself.

HOME HELP · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
0
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 3
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

None for this program.

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Implied by 42 CFR 1001.1901; MDHHS asks providers to monitor the OIG list beside its own

    For that reason, the following sources should also be monitored to assure services are not provided by a sanctioned individual or entity. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) sanctioned provider information is available on the following websites: http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov and www.sam.gov

    Read the source michigan.gov

  2. MDHHS Sanctioned Provider List

    Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Michigan Medicaid providers; a caregiver with a Medicaid exclusion cannot be paid

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice; MDHHS lists sam.gov among the sources providers should monitor

    For that reason, the following sources should also be monitored to assure services are not provided by a sanctioned individual or entity. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) sanctioned provider information is available on the following websites: http://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov and www.sam.gov

    Read the source michigan.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • CHAMPS enrollment and MDHHS criminal history screening before an agency caregiver is associated to the agency (Medicaid Provider Manual, Home Help 8.4, 8.4.B.1)
  • A client may hire an individual caregiver with a conviction that is not a federally mandated exclusion by signing the MSA-119 Personal Choice form (Medicaid Provider Manual, Home Help 8.1.A)
  • Caregivers 18 or older and in adequate health to perform the services (Medicaid Provider Manual, Home Help 8.2)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Michigan's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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