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MI Choice Waiver

Paid staff and volunteers of waiver agencies and direct providers who enter participants' homes (community living supports, chore, respite, nursing), and self-determination workers. Adult day health is a MI Choice service, but the criminal history rule covers staff entering homes.

MI CHOICE · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
2
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 4
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. MDHHS Sanctioned Provider List

    Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before the waiver agency contracts with a provider or authorizes a self-determined worker; a listed provider stays barred for the sanction period
    BASIS
    Medicaid Provider Manual (October 1, 2026), MI Choice Waiver 9.4 and 4.6.A.3

    Waiver agencies must also check the MDHHS Sanctioned Providers List and must not contract with any providers on this list for the duration of the sanction period until approved by MDHHS to resume providing services.

    Read the source mdch.state.mi.us

  2. Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT)

    Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before a paid worker or volunteer first enters a participant's home; the rule asks for a statewide Michigan State Police review, which ICHAT (MSP's name-based search) or an MSP fingerprint check meets
    BASIS
    Medicaid Provider Manual (October 1, 2026), MI Choice Waiver 9.4

    Each waiver agency and direct provider of home-based services must conduct a criminal history review through the Michigan State Police for each paid staff or volunteer who will be entering a participant’s residence.

    Read the source mdch.state.mi.us

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. 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
  • Reference checks before authorizing an employee or volunteer to serve in a participant's home (Medicaid Provider Manual, MI Choice Waiver 9.4)
  • Self-determination workers: 18 or older, trained in universal precautions and blood-borne pathogens (Medicaid Provider Manual, MI Choice Waiver 4.6.A.4)

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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