Michigan Concurrent Care | Pediatric End-of-Life Care Research

Last updated: March 2025

Concurrent Care Announcements

In 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a presentation, Hospice 101

For further instructions on concurrent hospice and curative care for children under 21 reference the Hospice Chapter, Section 6.8 of the Michigan Medicaid Provider Manual

In 2014, Michigan Department of Community Health issued Bulletin No. MSA-14-56 in the Medicaid Provider Manual which describes that the Michigan Medicaid program covers hospice care for children less than 21 years of age concurrently with curative treatment of the child’s terminal illness when the child qualifies for hospice.

In March 2011, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Community Health issued Bulletin No. MSA 11-11 to inform hospice providers, Medicaid Health Plans, MIChild Health Plans, and other affected groups of the policy changes brought on by Section 2302 of the Affordable Care Act, which would remove the prohibition of receiving curative treatment alongside hospice services for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients under age 21. The bulletin noted that the Michigan Medicaid program, MIChild and CSHCS program will be following suit immediately.