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Michigan NEMT news

What NEMT Wire has reported about Michigan — broker contracts, rates, enforcement and compliance — newest first. Items from the weekly brief link straight to the relevant section.

From The Wire

Watch list: Colorado at 60 days, Michigan bids closed, CRUSH still at OMB, DC, Wisconsin, CMTA Friday

Nov 2, 2026 • The Wire — Week of November 2, 2026, item 7

Michigan: broker proposals are due Friday — and the state audit of the current program has slipped to "Late 2026"

Oct 26, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 26, 2026, item 3

Michigan: MDHHS is shopping for a fee-for-service NEMT broker that could go statewide — proposals due this month

Oct 19, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 19, 2026, item 7

Watch list: Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland

Oct 19, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 19, 2026, item 8

Michigan: a state audit of Modivcare-brokered NEMT is due this month

Oct 5, 2026 • The Wire — Week of October 5, 2026, item 4

Federal & national — applies in Michigan too

Revalidation: the off-cycle wave CMS ordered in April hits Texas, Montana and Illinois — with unannounced site visits attached

Nov 2, 2026

Federal: the CMS fraud rule that names NEMT is at the White House — and CMS wants to rebuild its fraud contractors by November 4

Oct 26, 2026

Operations: MediRoutes moves dispatch into the browser, a week after shipping trip-history ETAs

Oct 26, 2026

Rideshare: Uber says more than half of states have approved it for Medicaid rides

Oct 26, 2026

Federal: a House bill would make electronic trip verification a Medicaid requirement for NEMT starting January 1, 2027

Oct 19, 2026

Ohio: GPS trip verification is now state law for Medicaid NEMT — effective October 6, full compliance due within 18 months

Oct 19, 2026

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