# Michigan Medicaid Enrollment: 2026 Rules and Deadlines > Michigan Medicaid enrollment in 2026: limited licensed behavioral health clinicians now enroll, a 90 day revalidation window, and pay to address checks. Source: https://webillhealth.com/michigan-medicaid-provider-enrollment/ Publisher: WeBill Health Last updated: November 4, 2026 Michigan Medicaid ## Michigan Medicaid, enrolled and paid An approved Michigan Medicaid enrollment, revalidations closed inside the window, and payments that reach the right address. [Request a Revenue Defense Audit](https://webillhealth.com/revenue-defense-audit/request/) Michigan screens and enrolls every provider who serves its Medicaid members, and a 2026 bulletin requires limited licensed behavioral health clinicians to enroll and appear on claims in their own name. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services runs Medicaid and explains each step on its [Medicaid provider enrollment page](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment). * Limited licensed clinicians From September 1, 2026, four limited licensed behavioral health license types enroll as rendering only providers and bill under their own NPI. [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) * Revalidation window 90 days to complete revalidation, with letters at 90 and 30 days before the cycle end date, or the enrollment is closed. [Michigan MDHHS, group revalidation instructions](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Medicaid-Provider-Assets/Provider-Enrollment-Assets/Group_Revalidation.pdf) * Retroactive enrollment Up to one year back from the date the request is received, if licensure or certification covers that whole period. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) * Pay to address From November 1, 2026, a returned check starts a 30 day window to fix the pay to address before the state vendor account is inactivated. [Michigan MDHHS provider alert, October 13, 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/medicaid/portalhome/medicaid-providers/medicaid-provider-alerts/all-alerts-and-updates/october-13-2026-pay-to-address-reminder) * Application fee Charged to institutional providers; individual physicians and non physician practitioners do not pay it. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) * What we see in practice 45 to 90 days from submission to an active Medicaid ID. ## In the official words > All providers who serve Michigan Medicaid beneficiaries are required to be screened and enrolled [Michigan Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment) > All providers must revalidate their Medicaid enrollment information a minimum of once every five years, or more often if requested by MDHHS. [Michigan Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Medicaid-Provider-Assets/Provider-Enrollment-Assets/Group_Revalidation.pdf) ## Michigan now enrolls limited licensed behavioral health clinicians Bulletin MMP 26 30, issued July 31, 2026 and effective September 1, 2026, requires Master’s level Temporary Limited Licensed Psychologists, Limited Licensed Counselors, Educational Limited Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Limited Licensed Master’s level Social Workers who serve Medicaid members to be enrolled and uniquely identified on claims. [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) Each enrolls online as a rendering only provider with an individual NPI, associates to the clinic, group or employer that bills for the work, and reports the NPI of a Medicaid enrolled, fully licensed supervisor of the same profession. These clinicians are not paid directly, and from September 1, 2026 their services are no longer reported under the supervisor’s NPI. [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) Clinicians already enrolled under a managed care only specialty did not have to reenroll, but the bulletin gave them until November 1, 2026 to add the supervisor’s NPI and association or face disenrollment and claim denials. If that date passed without the update, confirm the enrollment status with MDHHS Provider Enrollment now. The bulletin’s enrollment and billing steps do not apply to PIHPs and their providers. [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) ## How enrollment works, step by step 1. Register the SSN or EIN with the state’s vendor registration, SIGMA Vendor Self Service, before starting the Medicaid application. Individual, group and facility enrollments need it; a rendering only enrollment does not. [Michigan MDHHS, register for SIGMA](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-3-register-for-sigma) 2. Enroll the billing entity first. A rendering provider cannot submit a new enrollment until its billing provider is approved, and providers tied to a group wait until the group is approved. [Michigan MDHHS, determine the enrollment type](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-2-determine-champs-enrollment-type) 3. Put an NPI in every provider loop on the claim: billing, rendering, referring, ordering and prescribing. [Michigan MDHHS, determine the enrollment type](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-2-determine-champs-enrollment-type) Anyone who orders, prescribes, refers or certifies eligibility for services must be screened and enrolled. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) 4. Ask for the start date you need on the application. Participation begins on the date the online application is submitted, or can be backdated up to one year from the request when licensure or certification covers that whole period. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) A rendering clinician waits on the billing provider’s approval [Michigan MDHHS, determine the enrollment type](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-2-determine-champs-enrollment-type) and a limited licensed clinician also on a supervisor’s enrollment [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf), so the Michigan files we build carry a planning range of 45 to 90 days from submission to an active Medicaid ID. ## Revalidation runs on a 90 day clock in Michigan Every provider revalidates at least once every five years, or more often if MDHHS asks. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) The provider has 90 days to finish it online. A letter goes to the correspondence address on the enrollment 90 days before the cycle end date and a second one 30 days before if the work is not done. [Michigan MDHHS, group revalidation instructions](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Medicaid-Provider-Assets/Provider-Enrollment-Assets/Group_Revalidation.pdf) A revalidation that is not completed by the last day of the period generates a termination letter, and the enrollment is closed. Reopening it takes a call to MDHHS Provider Enrollment. [Michigan MDHHS, group revalidation instructions](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Medicaid-Provider-Assets/Provider-Enrollment-Assets/Group_Revalidation.pdf) Institutional providers pay an application and revalidation fee for each enrolled provider type. Individual physicians and non physician practitioners do not, and a provider enrolled with Medicare or another state’s Medicaid or CHIP program, or one that already paid the fee there, does not pay the Michigan application fee. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) ## Where Michigan enrollments lose money Since November 1, 2026, a provider whose pay to address produces an undeliverable check is contacted by MDHHS and given 30 days to fix it. Missing that window inactivates the provider’s SIGMA vendor account and stops payment, and providers sharing the SIGMA Vendor ID and rendering providers tied to the billing provider are affected too. [Michigan MDHHS provider alert, October 13, 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/medicaid/portalhome/medicaid-providers/medicaid-provider-alerts/all-alerts-and-updates/october-13-2026-pay-to-address-reminder) The manual is just as strict about mail. The Provider Enrollment Unit disenrolls providers when postal mail comes back nondeliverable, and enrollment changes must be reported within 35 days. [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) MDHHS communicates by the email address in the online enrollment record, and keeping it valid is the provider’s job. [Michigan MDHHS, Medicaid provider enrollment](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment) For limited licensed clinicians, disenrollment of the supervising provider may prompt disenrollment of the supervisee. [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) ## Check where you stand before you submit WeBill Health runs Revenue Velocity Credentialing with 24/7 CAQH and PECOS lifecycle monitoring, so revalidation dates and affiliation gaps are caught before they become suspended claims. Every file gets Human Expert Review from a credentialing specialist before it goes to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. ## Sources * [Michigan Medicaid bulletin MMP 26 30, July 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Assistance-Programs/Medicaid-BPHASA/2026-Bulletins/Final-Bulletin-MMP-26-30-BH.pdf) * [Michigan MDHHS, group revalidation instructions](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Medicaid-Provider-Assets/Provider-Enrollment-Assets/Group_Revalidation.pdf) * [Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual, October 2026](https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/dch-medicaid/manuals/MedicaidProviderManual.pdf) * [Michigan MDHHS provider alert, October 13, 2026](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/medicaid/portalhome/medicaid-providers/medicaid-provider-alerts/all-alerts-and-updates/october-13-2026-pay-to-address-reminder) * [michigan.gov, provider enrollment](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment) * [michigan.gov, step 2 determine champs enrollment type](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-2-determine-champs-enrollment-type) * [michigan.gov, step 3 register for sigma](https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/doing-business/providers/providers/medicaid/provider-enrollment/data/pe-pages/getting-started/step-3-register-for-sigma) ## Revenue Velocity Credentialing WeBill Health manages the full payer enrollment lifecycle, so your revenue cycle starts the moment your practice does. **Up to 40%** less payer enrollment lag against the industry baseline **24/7** CAQH and PECOS lifecycle monitoring [See Revenue Velocity Credentialing](https://webillhealth.com/revenue-velocity-credentialing/) ## More state enrollment guides Each neighboring state issues its own Medicaid ID under its own rules and timelines. * [Indiana](https://webillhealth.com/indiana-medicaid-provider-enrollment/) * [Ohio](https://webillhealth.com/ohio-medicaid-provider-enrollment/) * [Illinois](https://webillhealth.com/illinois-medicaid-provider-enrollment/) See every state on [Medicaid provider enrollment by state](https://webillhealth.com/medicaid-provider-enrollment/). If Michigan providers are seeing Medicaid patients before an ID is active, read [The Credentialing Gap](https://webillhealth.com/credentialing-gap/). Reviewed by [James Whitaker](https://webillhealth.com/james-whitaker/), Credentialing Lead, on November 4, 2026. Facts verified November 2, 2026. ## Review your enrollment status with us The Revenue Defense Audit is a free, forensic review of your claims and A/R by the team that would work your account, including providers seeing patients under a payer that cannot pay them yet. Want a quick read first? [Check my Revenue Defense Score](https://webillhealth.com/revenue-defense-score/) for the credentialing and denial exposure in your specialty. [Request a Revenue Defense Audit](https://webillhealth.com/revenue-defense-audit/request/) WeBill Health is a specialty focused revenue cycle management partner for independent practices. Request a Revenue Defense Audit at https://webillhealth.com/form/