Michigan Medicaid is continually coordinating its outreach and training efforts with BCBSM, Medicare A, and Medicare B.

Medicaid strongly encourages providers to send electronic transactions to take advantage of HIPAA’s benefits.

MDCH has implemented the conversion to electronic transactions incrementally:
October 1, 2002:
Began accepting 837 v. 4010 Dental, Professional and Institutional claims.

January 1, 2003:
Began accepting 837 v. 4010 encounters from Medicaid Health Plans.
Began accepting 837 v. 4010 Nursing Facility claims.

June, 2003:
Began testing 837 v.4010A1 Dental, Professional and Institutional claims.
Began accepting and paying 837 v.4010A1 Dental, Professional and Institutional claims.
Began testing 835 claim remittance advice & all other HIPAA transactions.

October 16, 2003:
According to the law only HIPAA compliant transactions can be accepted by payers like Medicaid, Medicare and BCBSM.