Updated September 1, 2026
Verify McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan eligibility in real time.
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 3833C and the full benefits picture comes back in seconds, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: Healthy Michigan Plan · MHP Medicaid · McLaren Medicaid · McLaren State of Michigan
Seconds
The same McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
5 billing names
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan shows up on cards under 5 names. Every one routes to payer ID 3833C, and so do 2 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
3 McLaren plans
verify in real time through Valian. One setup covers the whole McLaren family, McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan included.
From $39/mo
Per location, billed yearly. Found checks are billed once a month, $2.50 each and less as you run more. No seat fees, no processing fees.
The phone way
Call, hold, transcribe, repeat.
Verifying McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan by phone means a menu, a hold queue, and 15 to 25 minutes per patient while someone at the desk reads benefits back by hand. Ten patients on tomorrow's schedule is half a workday on hold.
The real-time way
Payer ID 3833C, in seconds.
The same check, sent electronically. Sign in and run it for any patient in one click, and Valian flags the ones that need a human look.
| By phone | In Valian | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per patient | 15 to 25 minutes on hold | Seconds |
| When it happens | Day of, squeezed between patients | Any time before the visit, in one click |
| What you get | Notes scribbled while someone reads benefits aloud | The full breakdown, saved to the patient |
What a McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan eligibility check returns
- Whether coverage is active, with plan and group details
- Deductible, and how much of it is already met this year
- Annual maximum, and how much of it is left to work with
- Coverage percentages by category: preventive, basic, major
- Frequency limits on cleanings, exams, and X-rays
- Waiting periods, where McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan reports them electronically
Eligibility result
Sample data- Status
- Active
- Plan
- PPO · Group 8823
- Deductible
- $50 · $0 met
- Annual max
- $1,500 remaining
- Preventive
- 100%
- Basic
- 80%
- Major
- 50%
- Cleanings
- 2 / year
Returned in seconds · payer ID 3833C
How practices handle this today, in their own words
Verbatim from recorded calls to dental offices. Names withheld.
We call the insurance, or I go on their website and do it. Yeah, we manually do it.
We have a third party insurance verification team that does it for us. I’m not too sure, maybe like seven, ten minutes.
Our system does it, and the ones that are not set up for electronic, we do ourselves.
How getting set up works
Book a discovery call
A 15-minute call with our team: we show you a check and size your plan. Then you sign up from the link we send you: create the account, sign the agreement, and put a card on file.
Save your carriers and codes
Pick the insurance carriers you take and the codes you check.
Run a check in one click
Sign in, pick a patient and see their coverage in seconds before the visit, McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan included. No hold music, no portal logins.
Under half an hour of your time all in. See how the software compares, how a real-time check works, or what outsourcing costs.
What McLaren Medicaid/Healthy MI Plan supports through our network
- Real-time eligibility (270/271)
- Yes, in seconds
- Enrollment for eligibility
- None, checks work day one
- Dental claims (837D)
- Not through our network
- Claim status (276/277)
- Not through our network
- Electronic remittance (835)
- Yes, after a multi-step enrollment, typically a few weeks
- Electronic funds transfer
- Not through our network
- Claim attachments
- Not through our network
Names and IDs this payer goes by
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan · Healthy Michigan Plan · MHP Medicaid · McLaren Medicaid · McLaren State of Michigan. Older cards may show payer ID 3833M and 6732. All of them route to payer ID 3833C.
Payer site: www.mclarenhealthplan.org
How to verify McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan, step by step
Get the member ID and date of birth from the card or the patient.
Send the electronic eligibility request (a 270) to payer ID 3833C.
Read the response (the 271): status, deductible, max, percentages, frequencies.
Save the breakdown to the patient. With Valian, all four take one click and a few seconds.
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan runs Medicaid plans across Michigan. Medicaid dental benefits change by state and by age, which is exactly what the check reads off the plan.
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan, for your front desk
Phone numbers and portal, from McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan's own provider pages.
- Provider customer service
- 888-327-0671
- Provider email
- MHPProviderDirectory@mclaren.org
- Provider portal
- McLaren CONNECT
Source: McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan, billing claims mhp page and provider directory mhp page. Checked September 19, 2026.
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan, quick answers
Does McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan clear electronically in seconds through payer ID 3833C.
What payer ID do I use for McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan?
3833C for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as Healthy Michigan Plan, MHP Medicaid, McLaren Medicaid.
What does a check cost with Valian?
Plans from $39 a month per location, billed yearly, or from $49 month to month. Plus $2.50 or less per check we find — $0 when we can’t find the insurance. No setup fee and no seat fees. Sign in and run each check in one click before the visit.
Does McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan plans does this cover?
McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan runs Medicaid plans in Michigan. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan remittances electronically?
Yes. McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a multi-step enrollment, typically a few weeks.
What if the patient's card shows a different McLaren name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 3833C. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any McLaren Medicaid/Healthy Michigan Plan patient in one click, before they walk in.
Plans from $39 a month per location, billed yearly, or from $49 month to month. Plus $2.50 or less per check we find — $0 when we can’t find the insurance. No setup fee and no seat fees.
Book 15 minutes, demo or onboarding
Pick a time, then tell us on the form whether it is a demo or an onboarding call.
Other Michigan dental payers
23 other payers operating in Michigan also verify in real time, 7 of them with Medicaid plans.
- Aetna Better Health Michigan128MI
- Blue Cross Complete of Michigan32002
- CareSourceCRSCK
- CareSource of Michigan MedicaidMIMCDCS1
- Delta Dental MichiganDELTA
- HAP CareSource MI Health LinkMIMCRCS1
- McLaren Community - Commercial HMO/POS38338
- McLaren Health Advantage3833A
- Meridian (Michigan)MHPMI
Medicaid plans in Michigan: Aetna Better Health Michigan, Blue Cross Complete of Michigan, CareSource, CareSource of Michigan Medicaid, HAP CareSource MI Health Link, Meridian (Michigan), and 1 more.
The McLaren family in the network
3 McLaren plans verify in real time through Valian.
Payer names and marks belong to their owners and identify the insurance company a practice can verify. Sample result shown for illustration; real results reflect the patient's actual plan. Payer capabilities can change between network updates.