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What is MI Coordinated Health?
MI Coordinated Health (MICH) is a health care option for Michigan adults, age 21 and over, who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. The MI Coordinated Health program was known as the MI Health Link program until the transition on January 1, 2026. MI Coordinated Health is available to residents of the counties of Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Macomb, St. Joseph, Van Buren, and Wayne, or any county in the Upper Peninsula except for Chippewa, Gogebic, and Menominee Counties. The goal of MI Coordinated Health is to create a single program to provide enrollees with easy access to benefits provided under Medicare and/or Medicaid including behavioral health services, pharmacy services, dental and vision services, home and community- based services and supports, and nursing home care. Every person enrolled in MI Coordinated Health will have a care coordinator to help develop a personal health care plan and get the services and supports the beneficiary needs and wants.
MI Health Link Transition to MI Coordinated Health
The MI Health Link program launched in 2015 to residents of the counties of Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Macomb, St. Joseph, Van Buren, and Wayne, and every county in the Upper Peninsula. These health plans were known as Integrated Care Organizations (ICOs). On January 1, 2026, the MI Health Link program transitioned to become the MI Coordinated Health program (MICH). Most enrollees in the 6 existing MI Health Link plans (Aetna Better Health, AmeriHealth Caritas, HAP CareSource, Molina Dual Options, Meridian Wellcare, and UPHP MI Health Link) were automatically transitioned to the same health plan's MI Coordinated Health plan, know as Highly-Integrated Dual Special Needs Plans (HIDE SNPs). Three new health plans also joined the program: Humana Dual Integrated, PriorityMedicare Dual Premier, and UnitedHealthcare UHC Dual Complete. MI Coordinated Health is available as the same counties as MI Health Link listed above, with the exception of Chippewa, Gogebic, and Menominee Counties in the Upper Peninsula.
What is the MI Community, Home, and Health Ombudsman?
The MI Community, Home, and Health Ombudsman serves as an advocate and problem-solver for beneficiaries enrolled in MI Coordinated Health. We also serve the MI Choice waiver program, Community Transition Services, and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). All of our services are free and we keep all beneficiary information confidential. We can:
Answer questions about MI Coordinated Health
Help solve problems with care and benefits
Connect beneficiaries to other resources
Assist with grievances and appeals, and
File complaints
We also work with health plans, Pre-Paid In-patient Health Plans (that offer behavioral health services), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and the federal government to spot issues, identify best practices, and offer solutions that will help make the MI Coordinated Health program work better for beneficiaries.
Digital brochures can be found below, and physical copies may be available upon request.
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Who operates the MI Community, Home, and Health Ombudsman program?
The MI Community, Home, and Health Ombudsman is a project of two free, non-profit legal services programs for low income Michiganians: The Michigan Elder Justice Initiative (MEJI) and our partners at the Counsel and Advocacy Law Line, a division of Lakeshore Legal Aid